Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing.

缩略词在口语里比在书中常见得多。

We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.

给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

The abysmal academician's acarpous writing had accomplished little in achievements to date.

到目前为止，那位深不可测的院士的没有结果的著仅仅完成了极少数部分。

The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.

"这群无赖了许多庸俗下流的东西,玷污了这座教堂。"

Her writing style was reminiscent of ancient classical writers .

她的风格使人联想到古代的古典家。

He’s writing a history of the town for a local publisher.

他正为当地的一家出版社撰该镇的历史。

You should get his promises in writing.

你一定要得到他的书面许诺。

He seated himself at a writing table.

他在字台前坐下。

Jane was writing a letter and meanwhile Pat was watching T.V..

简在信，而在此同时帕特在看电视。

The old poet decried the mediocrity of today’s writing.

老诗人抨击了现代文体的平庸无奇。

The writing is on the wall for the club unless they can find ￡20 000.

这家俱乐部就要大难临头了， 除非他们能筹到2万英镑。

It was surprising that he finished writing a novel in only twenty days.

他在二十天内完了一本小说, 真令人吃惊。

I’ll just finish writing this sentence, and then you can have my undivided attention.

让我先把这句话完，我就可以全心全意招呼你了。

TV viewers have been writing in to complain of the false advertisement.

电视观众不断来信抱怨虚假广告。

Don’t wobble the desk when I’m writing.

我字时你不要摇动桌子。

His writings fanned the flames of racism.

他的文章激起了种族主义情绪。

Their writings took powerful hold of academic circles.

他们的著在术界有巨大的影响力。

There he read the writings of Thoreau, which gave him many ideas about freedom.

在那里,他读了索罗的著,使他懂得了许多关于自由的概念。

I'm writing in behalf of my mother to express her thanks for your gift.

我代表我母亲信, 对你的礼物表示感谢。

She’s busy writing a book on astrology.

她正忙着一本关于占星术的书。