" What? " said Harry, pausing in the act of pulling off his robes.

“什么？”哈利一边将长袍拖出来一边问道。

And one particular mural of an artist in the act of painting a sculpture.

还有一幅壁画，画的是一位艺术家正在给雕塑作画。

But she got a good look at the boy in the act of stabbing his father.

但是她清楚地看到了男孩刺杀父亲的过程。

So her jaw is firm, the rosebud mouth is in the act of speaking, and not deferentially.

所以她的下巴坚定，樱桃小嘴正在说话的样子，可神情却不怎么谦恭。

And if you catch someone red-handed, then you catch them in the act of doing something wrong.

如果你当场抓获什么，那就是抓住了他们做错事的把柄。

I shook my head and paused in the act of dislodging the shavings which had drifted down my neck.

我正在抖掉落在我领口里的木屑，停下来摇了摇头。

What of the harmonicsinherent in the act of prophecy?

预言行为中固有的谐波是什么？

The trick is in the act of writing things down.

诀窍在于把事情写下来。

We hear of this in the Acts of the Apostles.

我们在使徒行传中听说过这一点。

So think sitting quietly, monastically, lost in the act of religious worship.

所以想想静静地坐着， 像修道院一样，沉浸在宗教崇拜的行为中。

And its secret, they found, is in the act of vomiting itself.

他们发现，它的秘密在于呕吐本身。

Lindsay paused in the act of putting down the phone.

【act】林赛放下电话时停顿了一下。

The gang was caught in the act of unloading the cigarettes.

【catch】那伙人在卸香烟时被逮个正着。

He has been caught—one might almost say—in the act of smuggling firearms into the Legation.

他在向使馆走私枪支的过程中被抓获了——几乎可以这么说。

Most pleased of all was the author himself in the act of writing.

苏东坡最快乐就是写作之时。

She calls her servants for help, and the furious elders falsely claim that they saw her in the act of adultery.

她大声呼叫仆从，两个士师老羞成怒，反而诬告她与人通奸。

Would a man commit murder without a motive, taking delight simply in the act of murder?

一个人会没有动机而仅仅以谋杀为乐而杀人吗？

My wife's hand paused, in the act of taking the stick, and returned itself to her lap.

我妻子的手在接手杖的动作中停了下来， 然后又回到了她的膝上。

Twice the wife was caught in the act of assaulting this poor lad in the most unprovoked way.

妻子两次以最无端的方式殴打这个可怜的小伙子。

Millner paused in the act of striking a match.

米尔纳在划火柴时停了下来。