Preach to deaf ears

preach [pritʃ]

vt.& vi. 布道，讲道;宣扬;说教;讲（道）; n. 〈口〉讲道，说教;

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;

deaf [dɛf]

adj. 聋的;不愿听的;

ears

abbr. 电声额定系统（Electro-Acoustic Rating System）

the minute he comes home.

他一回来。

Your right hand is swollen.Does it hurt?

你的右手是肿的.它受伤了吗？

We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;

如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，