Be reduced to a skeleton

be [bi]

v. 是;有，存在;做，成为;发生; aux. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质;

reduced

a. 减少的；简化的；缩减的

to [tu,tə]

prep. 向，朝着;到;关于;属于; adv. 朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;

skeleton ['skɛlɪtn]

n. （建筑物等的）骨架;骨骼;梗概;骨瘦如柴的人（或动物）; adj. 骨骼的;骨瘦如柴的;概略的;基本的;

skele骨骼+ton名词后缀 → 骨骼,骨架

Thanks, I hope we meet again soon.

谢谢，希望我们能很快再见面。

He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.

身不由己，只得从命。

Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.

10年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗？我的丈夫比尔当时在政府的一个部门工作。我们被邀请参加一个宫庭舞会，所以我需要借一点珠宝首饰。