Sterling took a battering yesterday as worries grew about the state of Britain's economy.
由于人们对英国经济状况的担心与日俱增，英镑昨天受到重挫。
Repeated batterings on the rocks had staved in one side of the boat . I was excited ; I read it over and saw that there was a yawning void in it .
接二连三的撞击礁石使船的一边撞了一个洞。我很兴奋，我从头读了一遍，觉得里边很空洞。
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