the dog days

常见例句

THE bombshell burst this week, in the dog days of summer, when fewer Japanese were likely to be bothered.
三伏之夏，在没有任何一个日本人愿意被打扰的日子里，本周却发生了一件令人震惊的事件。
And despite the fact that we are fast approaching the dog days of summer, for most men, it seems, there is still only one answer.
尽管眼下依然炎热，但对于大多数男性而言，这个问题的答案似乎还是只有一个。
And the reward for seeing all this out is mere survival; a leader who can barely command his cabinet cannot put in place any big new policies in the dog days of his tenure.
即使过了这么多考验也仅仅只是“幸存”；几乎无权命令内阁的首相无法在任期的最后实施任何重要决策。

The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year.
So you watch the dog die over days or weeks.
然后看着狗在几天甚至几周里慢慢死去。
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This year, the dog days of summer proved to be more greyhound than basset hound.
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It's not quite the dog days of summer yet, but we do have a canine question this week for our ethicist, Randy Cohen.
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And the dog days of summer are not a guarantee of tranquility.
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