In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting other know what you are doing or thinking.
VOA: special.2009.11.22
practice our, you know, talking skills. We get really close because there's not that many people in the class.
练习我们的表达能力。因为上这个课的人不多,所以我们之间变得很亲近。
.. All right. I want to end by... I'm not close to ending, but the last thing I'm going to do is read aloud some student evaluations.
哦了,我想通过。。。来做结尾。,我没有接近尾声,但我想说的最后一件事,是大声念出一些学生的学科评价。
The epidemic might have been even worse had it not been for the father of the actress Glenn Close.
VOA: special.2009.02.23
We're still close enough to the summer that the air is not just filling us up with extra static electricity, so it's a little more challenging here.
我们现在离夏天更近了,这样空气中不总是,充满额外的静电,所以这时做实验,会有一些挑战性。
On Tuesday, federal officials in the United States advised schools not to close anymore when they have cases.
VOA: special.2009.05.06
It's a way of becoming not just close to the real, but also part of some mystical unity.
这是一种不过于接近现实,保留着部分,神秘色彩的方式。
And they moved up the hill slowly, in a close group, not in a straight line.
VOA: special.2010.07.15
In our affections, in our caring, who we like, who we feel close to, whose pain bothers us, we are not indiscriminate.
我们对他人的喜爱,对他人的关心,我们喜欢谁,与谁亲近,在乎谁的痛苦,并非一视同仁的。
But he said Congress did not have power to close new territory to any American citizen.
VOA: special.2009.05.14
For some others it might mean being basically restricted to the home, if not all the time, then the only exception being in public, in the company of a close-male relative as chaperon.
在一些别的地方可能意味着,基本上深居简出,即使不是一天到晚,也只有外出是例外,而且必须有一个男性近亲作监护人陪同。
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to close territories to slavery.
VOA: special.2009.05.21
Maybe not quite as revolutionary as the computer,but close.
也许它的革命性不及电脑,但很接近。
For example,a W.H.O.statement urged nations not to close their borders or limit trade and travel.
VOA: special.2009.07.14
Because Claire Elise would rather not have run, Let's try once more, Close your eyes again, just to keep life interesting, let's switch to this row.
因为克莱尔·伊莉斯还不如不参选,我们再试一次,把眼睛闭上,让游戏更有趣一点,我们换成这排吧
He said the bank would close soon and would not open again until Monday.
VOA: special.2009.04.11
Really good poker players play close to their best all the time and they're not really bothered when they lose; I think that's true in markets too.
真正好的玩家,会一直努力玩的更好,但是如果输了,他们也不会真的在意;,我想这种理论在市场中也是适用的。
It was not easy to get close enough to them to shoot.
VOA: special.2009.02.15
It is close but not complete.
我们离答案很近,但还不完整。
The soldiers could not see each other until they were very close.
VOA: special.2009.11.26
Not so close that the repulsions dominate.
不会近到排斥相互作用占据主导地位的地步。
General Scott did not come close to winning the presidency.
VOA: special.2011.08.14
I mean probably those of you-- I mean I can see you people squirming right now when I--just at the mention of that-- so I'm not going to go through the process of having you close your eyes and imagine eating the cockroach.
我看到现在在座的有些同学,已经开始觉得恶心了,我只是提了一下,我又没真让你闭上眼睛,去想象吃蟑螂
But they must be careful not to get too close.
VOA: special.2009.04.15
You know, I was not really disappointed, it found something close enough to 3 that I'm happy.
我真的不失望,因为它找到了一个,和3相当接近的数,我还是挺高兴的。
The bird did not move until Ben came close.
VOA: special.2010.03.20
It has a gate on it and that gate is in open or close state depending on whether a ligand is present or not.
在这个通道上有个门,这个门是打开还是关闭,取决于配体到来与否
Not now. Not when we are so close.
VOA: special.2010.01.30
Okay. So that's Richard Strauss's approach to death, not particularly relevant to you young people but for oldergentlemen such as Professor Kagan and myself we're getting close to that. Right, Don?
理查·施特劳斯的死亡与净化讲的是死亡,对你们年轻人可能有些距离,但对于我和卡根教授这些老绅士来说,我们离死亡越来越近,对吧,先生
Let's say that your brother who you are really close to is dating a girl that is not telling him the truth.
假设你有个关系非常亲密的哥哥,他正和一个女孩谈恋爱,但这女孩却并没有以诚相待。
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