上书 meaning in English
submit a written statement to a higher authority; send in a memorial
Examples
- She read a few lines and dropped the volume .
她读了几行，合上书本。 - He closed the book , yawned , and went to bed .
他合上书，打了个哈欠，然后上床。 - With this , she shut the book and left the room .
说了这话以后，她便合上书走出房间了。 - "bombs? what bombs?" his son closed the book and looked up with fright on his pale bony face .
“炸弹？什么炸弹？”他的儿子合上书，抬起头，苍白消瘦的脸上显出了恐惧的表情。 - After his long travel, the flat-voweled voice of the bookstall clerk offering the latest novel sounded pleasant-pleasant the independent answers of a bearded guard, and the stodgy farewell sayings of a man and wife .
经过了长期旅行以后，书摊上书贩子推荐最新小说的平板的声音听着很悦耳-连一个长着胡髭的路警的不受拘束的答话，以及一对夫妇的平凡的话别，也听着挺舒服。