Wales

英 [weɪlz]

美 [weɪlz]

n.  威尔士（大不列颠之一部分，在英格兰之西南）

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双语例句

• He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales
  他比威尔士亲王还牛气，甚至更有钱。
• He was substituting for the injured William Wales.
  他替下了受伤的威廉·威尔士。
• Similar legislation is already in place in Wales
  类似的法规在威尔士已经就位。
• At his coronation he received the homage of kings from Wales, Northumbria and Scotland.
  在他的加冕典礼上，威尔士、诺森布里亚和苏格兰的国王向他宣誓效忠。
• Wales are three points behind Romania in the group but have a game in hand.
  威尔士队在小组中以3分之差落后于罗马尼亚队，但他们还有一场比赛没踢。
• I was both disappointed and amazed when I got the chop from the Wales team.
  我被威尔士队解聘时，既失望又错愕。
• The percentage increase in reported crime in England and Wales this year is the highest since the war
  今年英格兰和威尔士报道的犯罪增长率是战后以来最高的。
• The Under-21 team has defeated Wales and Scotland this season, and ran England very close
  在这个赛季中，21岁以下代表队已经打败了威尔士队和苏格兰队，和英格兰队的比分也非常接近。
• Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils
  威尔士现在的初中生中有1/3以上的人就读的学校学生总数超过1,000人。
• In Wales in the same era, boys were caned for speaking Welsh in the playground
  在同一时期的威尔士，男孩们在操场上讲威尔士语是要吃鞭子的。