浅尝辄止的英文：
1.[Literal] to put away the cup after taking a tiny sip

A person who stops after getting a little knowledge of a subject can't engage in scholarship.
浅尝辄止的人是无法做学问的。

A little of everything, and nothing at all. ——Michel de Montaigne
每事浅尝辄止，结果一事无成。——蒙田

"Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 　-- F. Bacon"
一些书可以浅尝辄止;一些书可以狼吞虎咽;而有些书则需要细嚼慢咽,好好消化--F.培根

the literal meaning of ponder is

It was almost literally an echo , in fact.
差不多就是真正的“回声”。

This sentence can not be literally rendered.
这个句子不能直译。

put a crimp into
妨碍|束缚

Put on the screw
施加压力

strike [ put on ] a pose of
装出...面貌[样子]

to kick away; to spurn away
一脚踢开

to die away; to fade away; to vanish; to elapse; to wear away
消逝

She barked the boy away.
她把那男孩喝走了。