The last book we studied, T.S.Eliot's The Wasteland, was available only in hardback. Too expensive for my budget.

我们最后学的一本书-T·S·艾略特的《荒原》--只有精装本。这对我来说太贵了。

For the purist, the only way to digest a good story is with a paperback or hardback book.

对于正统主义者来说，阅读一个好故事的唯一方法是用平装书或精装书。

This is for you. It was a hardback copy of The Wasteland. On the flyleaf was an inscription to me.

这是给你的。那是一本精装版的《荒原》。扉页上的题字是送给我的。

Are you looking for hardbacks or paperbacks?

职员：您要精装本还是平装本？

His first novel sold over 40,000 copies in hardback.

【hardback】他的第一本小说卖出了四万多册精装本。

The hardbacks are on the top shelves and the paperbacks on the bottom ones.

精装书在最上面的书架上，平装书在最下面的书架上。

The resulting modules are about the size of a hardback book, with electrical connectors attached.

由此产生的模块大约是精装书的大小，并附有电连接器。

The idea was to print good books, in paperback, so they’d be cheaper than hardbacks.

当时的想法是用平装本印刷好书，这样它们会比精装本便宜。

The clerk asks Adrian, " Are you looking for hardbacks or paperbacks" ?

店员问阿德里安，“您要找精装本还是平装本”？

I often buy second-hand books, youknow nice hardback copies, but that's different.

我经常买二手书， 你知道很好的精装本， 但那是不同的。