Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant . 在本来平淡无味的情境里，加上一点戏谑的成分，就往往能使情境全部都变得有味。
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Bland vegetables are often served with a piquant sauce 清淡的蔬菜常以辛辣的沙司调味
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You know what else dave finds particularly piquant 你知道吗，戴夫还有一些更刺激的开心事
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Besides , the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant : i felt interested to see how he would go on 此外，这反常接待议程也是够有意思的，我倒有兴趣看看他究竟如何继续下去。
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Besides , there is that peculiar voice of hers , so animating and piquant , as well as soft : it cheers my withered heart ; it puts life into it . - what , janet 而且，还是她独特的嗓子，那么活泼调皮，又那么温柔，复活了那颗枯竭的心，给了它生命。
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The smooth harmonies and piquant contrasts in chinese food are more than just the products of recipes and personal enterprise . they are an expression of basic assumptions about life itself 中国菜式讲究的五味调和百味香决不仅仅是源自某些配方或某个字号，而是(中国人)基本生活态度的反映。
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Of her daughters , the eldest , amy , was rather little : naive , and child - like in face and manner , and piquant in form ; her white muslin dress and blue sash became her well 她的大女儿艾米个头比较小，有些天真，脸部和举止都透出了孩子气，外表也显得很调皮。她那白色的薄纱礼服和蓝色的腰带很合身。
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I was an intellectual epicure , and wished to prolong the gratification of making this novel and piquant acquaintance : besides , i was for a while troubled with a haunting fear that if i handled the flower freely its bloom would fade - the sweet charm of freshness would leave it 我是一个精神享乐主义者，希望与这位活泼的新朋友相识而带来的喜悦能经久不衰。此外，我一时为种拂之不去的忧虑所困扰，担心要是我随意摆弄这花朵，它就会凋谢一新鲜诱人的魅力便会消失。
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Then they began to pass around the dusky , piquant , arlesian sausages , and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses , prawns of large size and brilliant color , the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within , the clovis , esteemed by the epicures of the south as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster , - all the delicacies , in fact , that are cast up by the wash of waters on the sandy beach , and styled by the grateful fishermen " fruits of the sea . 现在便开始尽情地享受那些放满在桌子上的美味佳肴了。新鲜香美的阿尔腊肠，鲜红耀目的带壳虾，色彩鲜明的大虾，外面有刺而里面细腻上口的海胆，还有为南方食客所极力赞美认为比牡蛎还香美可口的蛤蜊这一切，再加上无数从沙滩上捕来的，被那些该感谢的渔夫称为“海果”的各种珍馔美肴，都呈在了这次婚筵席上。
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It was very fetching to make the girl propose in the course of being reunited , and martin discovered , bit by bit , other decidedly piquant and fetching ruses . but marriage bells at the end was the one thing he could take no liberties with ; though the heavens rolled up as a scroll and the stars fell , the wedding bells must go on ringing just the same 在双方团圆的过程中由女方追求更为动人，马丁一点一滴地发现了许多能吊人胃口引人入胜的窍门但结尾时的婚礼钟声是绝对不能更改的，哪怕天空像卷轴一样卷了起来，星星漫天散落，婚礼的钟声也必须响起。
