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莉萨经过一番良心上的斗争，终于对警方说了。

Lisa struggled with her conscience before talking to the police .

猫在咬死老鼠之前常常要耍弄它一番。

A cat often plays with a mouse before the kill .

导演对南北战争作了一番好莱坞式的精彩阐述。

The director puts a Hollywood gloss on the civil war .

他决心在退休前最后痛痛快快地玩乐一番。

He was determined to have one last fling before retiring .

孩子们离开以后，我总得打扫一番。

I 'm always having to clean up after the children .

这番话打响了争论的第一炮。

This statement was the opening shot in the argument .

她在乐坛上另创一番新事业。

She forged a new career in the music business .

他通过一番简单的推理得出了解决问题的方法。

He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction .

我们网站的访问人次一年内翻了一番。

Visits to our website have doubled in a year .

晚饭前我要去梳洗打扮一番。

I 'll just go and freshen up before supper .

面试的时候，他们真把我折腾了一番。

They really put me through it at the interview .

他那番欢迎他们的话讲得生硬刻板。

The speech he made to welcome them was stiff and formal .

他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。

They tried in vain to persuade her to go .

出门前他对着镜子把自己审视了一番。

He surveyed himself in the mirror before going out .

经过一番艰难的讨价还价，我们达成了协议。

After much hard bargaining we reached an agreement .

这项提案费了一番周折才在议会上通过。

The bill had a difficult passage through Parliament .

美国的谈判者决定再作一番努力，力争达成和解。

The US negotiators decided to make another try at reaching a settlement .

找地方停车照例又是一番忙乱。

There was the usual faff of finding somewhere to park the car .

我们到一家饭店里庆祝了一番。

We went out to a restaurant to celebrate .

番红花开得迟。

The crocuses are late coming into flower .

管它花多少钱，咱们先庆祝一番再说！

Let 's celebrate and damn the expense !

我得迅速思考一番。

I had to do some quick thinking .

我们对工作大大地抱怨了一番。

We had a good moan about work .

两年内会员数目几乎翻了一番。

Membership almost doubled in two years .

她为参加面试打扮了一番。

She spruced up for the interview .

我查阅读了一番，想找到去那里最省钱的方式。

I 've done some research to find out the cheapest way of travelling there .

我们应该考虑干一番大事。

We need to think big .

职工人数将翻一番，由3000人增加为6000人。

The strength of the workforce is about to be doubled from 3 000 to 6 000 .

他的讲话不错，可他还是忍不住借机把对手抨击了一番。

It was a good speech , but he couldn 't resist taking a sideswipe at his opponent .

他母亲把他叫到跟前训斥了一番，又哭哭啼啼地向上帝祷告。

His mother summoned him , upbraided him , wept and prayed