literary
adj
of or concerned with literature 文学的; 文学上的
literary criticism 文学批评
a literary agent, ie one acting on behalf of writers 作者代理人
His style is a bit too literary (ie formal or rhetorical) for my taste. 依我看他的文笔书卷气重了一点.
Yes, I see. How can they get rid of waste water in this way? What a terrible colour the sea is now! It looks as if our class won't be able to bathe at all.
是的,我看见了。他们怎么能这样排放废水呢?海水的颜色多么可怕呀!看来我们班同学根本不能在这里游泳。
When work continued, one man lit a cigarette as he was working, but, finding it had a strange taste, he put it out.
随后他们继续干活,一个工人在干活时点燃了一支香烟。可是他觉得有一股怪味,他就把烟灭了。
He believed that everyone should be prepared to do heavy work, from the leaders to the poorest peasants.