查询词典 Stans

THE Central Asian "stans", as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are known by the Western diplomats and oilmen who frequent them, conjure images of megalomaniac rulers, exotic nomads and mineral riches beyond compare.

&中亚五斯坦&是什么？（提示：是个地名。——译者）。。。。。。经常深入该地的西方外交官和石油工人都会知道答案。其实就是中亚的五个&XX斯坦&国：乌兹别克斯坦，土库曼斯坦，哈萨克斯坦，吉尔吉斯斯坦，塔吉克斯坦。

This matter overthrew all basises I learned from Sunday school .

这件事把我从周日学校学到的所有道理都颠覆了。

It's one of the cruel ironies of aging: if you want to remember your favorite restaurants, the less you should eat at them.

这是一个老化的残酷讽刺：如果你想记住你最喜欢的餐馆，你应该更少吃到它们。