When I was ten my dad had bought me a 22 caliber rifle with a polished walnut handle and a barrel made from burnished steel .
我十岁的时候,我爸给我买了一把点22口径步枪,有着胡桃木色擦亮的枪把和铮亮的钢制成的枪管。
The ringers ( i.e. , nonscientists ) at last week 's hearing weren 't of quite the same caliber , but their prepared testimony still had some memorable moments .
这些伪专家(非科学家)上周的口径并不完全一致,但是他们事先准备好的证词有着似曾相识的感觉。
Next to him sits the group 's thick-shouldered machine gunner , who mans a . 50 Caliber with a rusting barrel .
挨着他坐的是这组里肩膀厚实的机枪手,他操作一支50毫米口径的机枪,枪管锈迹斑斑。
Perhaps the first thing that students notice about their college is the caliber of their fellow students .
可能学生们对这所大学关注的第一件事就是同学的才干。
Ben bernanke , a monetary economist of the highest caliber , denies it , while john taylor , an equally respected monetary economist , insists on it .
本伯纳克,最高水平的货币经济学家,否认这一点,而约翰泰勒,同样受到尊敬的经济学家却坚持这一点。
Though capable of measuring the world in various ways and to various ends-determining the caliber of projectiles , surveying land , aiding navigation-some of the instruments were never used , having been collected for the very purpose to which the franklin puts them today : display .