His gestures were economical, his words generally mild.

他的手势简练，言语通常是温和的。

Body language, especially gestures, varies among cultures.

肢体语言，尤其是手势，在不同文化中不尽相同。

Observe carefully how their partners make use of gestures.

仔细观察他们的伴侣是如何使用手势的。

Gestures have been used to replace words in many countries.

在很多国家手势被用来代替语言。

Despite its costumes and its gestures, it is not really a pictorial art.

不管它的服装和姿势，它就不是一种图像的艺术。

Italians might think you're bored unless you use a lot of gestures during discussions.

除非你在谈论时做很多手势，否则意大利人可能会认为你很无聊。

Gestures are also useful to help you stress the right words or even find the words you need.

手势也能帮助你强调正确的单词，甚至找到你需要的单词。

Her expressive gestures were motivated from within rather than from being dictated by strict technique.

她富有表现力的姿势是由内心激发的，而不是由严格的技巧来支配的。

But in real situations the number and words are often accompanied by gestures to help resolve any confusion.

"但在实际情况中，解决困惑不仅要用到数字和单词，同时往往还会用到手势。

When voice textures fit the performer's physiognomy and gestures, a whole and very realistic persona emerges.

如果表演者的声音纹理与面相和手势相符合，就能塑造一个完整又真实的人物形象。

People who hate you when they see you, they say they hate you, and they make disdain gestures—but these people won't hurt you, right?

一见到你就讨厌你的人，他们说讨厌你，边说边做着鄙夷的手势——但这些人并不会伤害到你，对吗？

Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone.

我们的文化使大多数美国人不仅认为我们的语言是通用的，而且认为我们所使用的手势是每个人都能理解的。

We use gestures to indicate a wide range of meanings, though I have to emphasize that the actual gestures we use may be specific to particular cultures.

我们使用手势来表示一系列广泛的意义，尽管我必须强调，我们所使用的实际手势可能是特定的文化。

Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are identical in form but different in meaning in the two cultures.

第二语言教师最重视的社交手势往往是两种文化中形式相同但意义不同的手势。

The expression on our face, the gestures we make, and even proximity or the way we sit are some of the ways we send powerful messages about how we feel or what we mean.

我们脸上的表情，我们所做的手势，甚至我们坐的距离或方式，都是我们传递关于自己感受或所想表达内容的强有力信息的方式。

Again, in Colombia, a speaker of English would have to know that when he indicates height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal.

此外，在哥伦比亚，英语国家的人必须知道用手势表示身高时，必须考虑他指的是人还是动物，分别用不同的手势。

There was poetry in all her gestures.

她一举一动都很优美。

They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures.

他们以那种具有夸张的微笑和动作的一般闹剧受到欢迎。

"That's what's so amazing about chimp gestures," she said.

她说：“这就是黑猩猩手势的神奇之处。”

This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr. Hobaiter said.

霍拜特博士说，这是呼叫和手势之间的一个显著区别。

He did not know French or German, and had to express himself through gestures.

他既不懂法语也不懂德语，只能用手势来表达自己。

Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees use to communicate.

研究人员说，他们已经翻译了野生黑猩猩用于交流的手势的含义。

She learned that they are highly intelligent animals that communicate with gestures and physical contact.

她了解到它们是高智商的动物，可以通过手势和身体接触进行交流。

They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a "vocabulary" of 66 gestures.

他们说，野生黑猩猩用66个手势组成的“词汇”相互交流19个特定的信息。

It is just one of many goodwill gestures and offers from countries across the world to help China.

这只是世界各国的其中一个善举，目的是给中国提供帮助。

"The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions," she said.

她说：“手势含义的模糊性，要么表明黑猩猩几乎没有什么可以交流的，要么表明我们仍然对它们的手势和行动中包含的很多信息一无所知。”

Imitate their partners' gestures without their knowing it.

在对方不知情的情况下模仿对方的动作。

We all tend to subconsciously copy the gestures of people we like.

我们都倾向于下意识地模仿我们喜欢的人的动作。

Wonderfully transported were the people with the loving answers and gestures of their King.

百姓听到他们国王这种仁爱的回答，看见他那亲切的表情，都喜气洋洋。

Different cultures vary so widely that even simple gestures may have a completely different meanings in different cultures.

不同的文化相差甚远，甚至简单的动作在不同文化之中都有着完全不同的含义。