elder brother

基本解释

White turned out to be my long - lost elder brother .
怀特原来是我失散已久的哥哥。
This made them believe that they should come to see me - their second elder brother - living far away from the hometown, for less regret.
这不由得使得她们觉得，一定要来看看我这个远离家乡的二哥，不能再留下更多的遗憾。
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His father died from drinking too much. And his mother wasn't able to look after Charles and his elder half-brother, Sid, because she was often sick in mind and had to be sent into hospital.
他的父亲因为为饮酒过度而死，母亲也不能照顾他和他的同母异父的哥哥思迪，因为他的妈妈神经经常不好，不得不住医院。

The Elder Brother is issuing this theory without any consideration, - obviously, whatsoever of earthly reality and we're shocked by -- I don't know how else to put it.
大哥没有经过任何思考就提出了这个理论，显然，尘世间的任何事实都让我们震惊了-,我不知道怎么去说。
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The position that Milton -- this is how I like to read it - the position that Milton would like to be able to take on this question of virtue's reward is formulated by the Elder Brother in Comus.
弥尔顿的立场--我下面要读,-弥尔顿关于贞操的报偿这一问题的立场,通过《科玛斯》中的哥哥这一角色表达出来。
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This is Comus, line 588 -- the Elder Brother. The brother says: Virtue may be assail'd but never hurt, Surpris'd by unjust force but not enthrall'd, Yea even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
这是《科玛斯》，第588行--哥哥这个角色，他说：,诗歌大意：，贞操或许遭袭，却不会受损，或许为不义之力突袭，却不会乱了阵脚，是的，对于贞操最重的伤害也不过是玩笑,考验只是证明它无上的荣光。
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He was not only much more hard-working than his elder brother (he started kindergarten a year early and graduated from the University of Texas in two-and-a-half years).
ECONOMIST: Lexington: Brother, where art thou?