1·Progress by developers in cleaning up after themselves tends to win only grudging approval.
开发商采完油后清除污染的进步举动往往只获得了勉强的认可。
2·The Times talks of a "grudging go-ahead" from the prime minister for a multi-billion pound round of bonuses.
泰晤士报谈及的“勉强许可”是大臣们对数十亿英镑的年度奖金的态度。
3·Being poor white they were not even accorded the grudging respect that Angus Macintosh's dour independence wrung from neighboring families.
他们是穷白人，甚至还不如安格斯·麦金托什，因为后者总算还能以倔强的独立性争取到邻居们勉强的尊敬。
4·And there was only grudging acquiescence in its complicated system of rationing scarce consumer goods: coffee, sugar, meat, butter, canned goods, shoes, tires, gasoline, and fuel oil.
对咖啡、食糖、肉类、黄油、罐头、鞋类、轮胎、汽油、燃料等稀缺消费品实行配给的复杂制度，人们也只是勉强默认。
5·If Israel falters, many of its people think, the iron wall of military power that has enabled it to win grudging acceptance in the Middle East will have been seriously breached.
如果以色列输掉这场战争，它的许多国民认为，这个军事强权—正是凭借其军事实力，以色列才得以在中东勉强赢得认同—的铜强铁壁会被严重地摧毁。
1·A teacher can't realize his strength until he hears ripples of applause coming from the grudging audience.
就在听到吝啬的听众当中发出阵阵掌声的那一刻，老师才能察觉到自己的气力。