I don't think it is an example of bad writing myself, otherwise I'd be agreeing with Leavis, and that would never do.

He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones.

他总是被树为弟妹学习的榜样。

That's just one example of the kind of experiments you can do.

这只不过是你可以做的各种试验中的一例罢了。

She should remember that she is a mother and a public figure and that others may follow her example.

她应该记住自己是位母亲，也是位公众人物，别人可能会以她为榜样。

She has a mania for ponies.

她特别喜欢小马.

Don't strive merely for quantity of production.

在生产中不要单纯地追求数量.

Nothing is lacking for our plan.

我们的计划什么也不缺了.

She asked for a day's leave.

她要求请一天假.

This is a dress shop for mature women.

这是一家成年妇女服装店。

Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.

学习要虚心, 自满是敌人.

I want to apply for the job.

我想申请这项工作.

We scolded him for his laziness.

我们责备他懒惰.

Football, for example, is very popular in the world.

比如, 足球在世界上是非常受欢迎的.

Cancer today, for example, is largely a treatable disease.

例如, 癌症现在已基本上是一种可治之症.

For example, a ripeness defense was rejected in Abbott Labs itself.

例如, 在"艾博特试验室"案里,即否决了时机成熟辩护理由.

Many commercials, for example, attempt to provide surrogate reference groups.

例如:许多商业广告力图提供一些代理参照体.

For example, fifty kilos of recycled paper saves one tree.

例如, 回收五十千克的废纸可以保存一颗树.

For example, people in Israel dip sweet apples into honey.

比如, 以色列人吃甜苹果蘸蜜.

Living in such a beautiful old castle is something of a mixed blessing. Just think of the heating bills, for example.

居住在这座美丽的古城堡中既有利,也有弊. 比如,想想它昂贵的取暖费用吧.

Surveys consistently find that men report feeling safe on the street after dark. See, for example, Hindelang and Garofalo (1978).

多项调查一致显示，男性认为天黑后在大街上行走是安全的。比如，参见欣德朗和加罗法洛（1978）。

Great men have often risen from poverty -- Lincoln and Edison, for example.

大人物常常出身 贫寒, 例如林肯和爱迪生.