bookends

US [ˈbʊkˌendz]
UK ['bʊkend]
  • n.书挡；挡书板
  • Web书档；书立；书靠
Present Participle：bookending  Past Participle：bookended  

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Bookend
n.
1.
书挡one of a pair of objects used to keep a row of books standing up

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1.
The Bush and Biden trips to Sichuan bookend one of the world's greatest stories: the rise of China and its emergence as a global juggernaut.
老布什和拜登的四川之行，蕴含着世界上最大的故事之一：中国的崛起及其兴起成为世界强国。
lǎo bù shí hé bài dēng de sì chuān zhī xíng , yùn hán zhe shì jiè shàng zuì dà de gù shi zhī yī : zhōng guó de jué qǐ jí qí xīng qǐ chéng wéi shì jiè qiáng guó 。
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2.
As though to provide a historical bookend, even the Southern Pacific Railroad got into the game.
就像是提供历史文档一样，即使是南太平洋铁路公司也加入了这个游戏。
jiù xiàng shì tí gōng lì shǐ wén dàng yí yàng , jí shǐ shì nán tài píng yáng tiě lù gōng sī yě jiā rù le zhè ge yóu xì 。
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3.
Some left the business entirely, opting to enjoy a life where bells didn't bookend their days.
有人选择彻底离开这一行，享受一种每天不由开市、闭市钟声来定位自己的生活；
yǒu rén xuǎn zé chè dǐ lí kāi zhè yì háng , xiǎng shòu yī zhǒng měi tiān bù yóu kāi shì 、 bì shì zhōng shēng lái dìng wèi zì jǐ de shēng huó ;
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4.
For me, the first season and the fifth . . . kind of bookend everything where you can see this huge arc in between.
对我来说，第一和第五季…算是夹挡了所有你可以看到在中间的巨大故事线。
duì wǒ lái shuō , dì yī hé dì wǔ jì … suàn shì jiā dǎng le suǒ yǒu nǐ kě yǐ kàn dào zài zhōng jiān de jù dà gù shi xiàn 。
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5.
That's quite an achievement, but it's also a nice place to bookend things.
这当然是个成就，但这也是个好时机去结束它。
zhè dāng rán shì gè chéng jiù , dàn zhè yě shì gè hǎo shí jī qù jié shù tā 。
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6.
I have bookend boys with girl fillers and three grandchildren ages 10, 5, and 4.
不仅如此，我还有三个孙子，分别是10岁、5岁和4岁。
bù jǐn rú cǐ , wǒ hái yǒu sān gè sūn zi , fēn bié shì shí suì 、 wǔ suì hé sì suì 。
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7.
Ms. Silverman, who is also directing "Chinglish, " said she saw the play as a kind of bookend to "M. Butterfly, " which made Mr.
Silverman女士也是《中国式英语》的导演，她说她认为该剧是对《蝴蝶君》的支持。
Silverman nǚ shì yě shì 《 zhōng guó shì yīng yǔ 》 de dǎo yǎn , tā shuō tā rèn wéi gāi jù shì duì 《 hú dié jūn 》 de zhī chí 。
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8.
Stop your books from falling over with this creative bookend. [link]
这个有创意的挡书板能防止你的书倒下。
zhè ge yǒu chuàng yì de dǎng shū bǎn néng fáng zhǐ nǐ de shū dǎo xià 。
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9.
Bookend the consolidation rich year
整肃了富于合并纷争的一年
zhěng sù le fù yú hé bìng fēn zhēng de yī nián
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