These are not mainly aimed at savage chieftains who seal treaties with the proverbial X or a grunt, but at the infuriating inefficiencies of ink in the internet era.
这些法案主要不是针对略带抱怨用著名的X在协议上盖章的原始部落酋长,而是为了解决在因特网时代油墨签名那令人发怒的效率低下。
It is infuriating to talk to someone who just looks out of the window.
和眼睛只看着窗外的人讲话很让人窝火。
The ball belongs to them. "Watching them on TV is lovely," Henry says, "but playing against them is infuriating: you never get possession.
“在电视上看他们踢球是一种享受,”亨利说,“但是跟他们踢球就是折磨了:因为你总拿不到球。”
If we ask people how old they are, there is often the same infuriating vagueness - "more than 20".
如果我们问他们多大了,答复也往往同样是令人撮火的模糊不清——“20多了”。
With them “watching,” it will be difficult to stoop to the level of your infuriating co-worker.
当他们“看着”你时,你很难让自己沦落到你那易被激怒的同事的水平。
He now says he will go along with the 2006 agreement to move the base to a northern part of the island, infuriating residents who want it off Okinawa entirely.
现在他表示要按照2006年协议将该基地迁移到冲绳岛北部,激怒了想让该基地彻底搬出冲绳岛的居民。
China and India, infuriating though they may be, are as powerful as America and the EU.
也许有些令人愤怒,但是中国和印度的实力已经可以媲美欧盟和美国。
Anyone who's ever slept in the same room as a loud snorer knows how infuriating it is to have to suffer through all that noise while the offending party remains blissfully oblivious - and asleep.
只要是跟打呼噜的人同一房间住地的人,一定知道那种煎熬有多痛苦恼火,而对方却睡得又香又甜,对另一个人的痛苦全然不知。
Take it from someone who has backpacked the length and breadth of Africa: it's big, slow, exciting and infuriating in equal measure.
引用一位背着行囊已经踏遍非洲山山水水的旅行者的话:广袤、缓慢、激动人心、使人恼怒,非洲都兼而有之。
The Proálcool programme ended with a hangover around 1990 as oil prices fell and cane growers switched back from ethanol to sugar, infuriating drivers of ethanol-only cars.
这项计划在1990年随着石油价格的下跌开始停滞,而一些种植甘蔗的农场主也开始从乙醇转向糖业,留下的是那些愤怒的只能以乙醇做燃料的汽车司机。
Not surprisingly, many Americans find the EU infuriating.
不奇怪的是,许多美国人发现欧盟已经发怒了。
Not only is the drive itself infuriating, a long commute eats up time that could be spent on proven happiness boosters, like sleeping or interacting with other people.
不仅驾驶本身让人愤怒,长时间的交通耗费掉了本该花在快乐调节上的。
The great Bucharest fudge succeeded only in infuriating the Russians without providing the deterrence value of concrete steps for Georgia and Ukraine.
这名副其实的布加勒斯特蠢话只做到了激怒俄罗斯,而在向格鲁吉亚和乌克兰提供具有威慑价值的实质性手段方面毫无建树。
THE scene is familiar, infuriating, and usually met with resignation.
这种情景是很熟悉了,也是令人感到愤怒的,通堂也只得会无可奈何。
A lengthy to-do list or a messy house feels overwhelming to the A.D.H.D. brain, causing the person to retreat to a computer or a video game - further infuriating their spouse.
一个长长的计划清单或者是脏乱不堪的房子会让患有adhd的人望而却步,使他们退却到电脑前或玩起电玩游戏。这反而会使他们的伴侣进而感到不满。
This is hard to do without rewarding shareholders and bank executives, overpaying for bad assets, and infuriating the public, but Geithner believes that he has found a way around these challenges.
要做到这一点,就得给股东和银行执行官一些好处;为坏资产多付些钱;还有激怒公众。不过Geithner认为自己已经在这些考验当中找到了一条路。
With the iOS running on Apple's televisions, the company could sell a lot of TVs simply by comparing its interface with the clunky, often infuriating interfaces offered by moribund cable providers.
在苹果电视机上运行iOS,与其界面相比,行将就木的有线电视服务供应商提供的界面粗糙且往往惹人生气,简直不堪一击。仅凭这一点,苹果电视就能畅销。
A "quick round" on a weekend often occupies at least half of that day's daylight hours - a reality that can be especially infuriating if, say, a family is on vacation at the time.
即便周末“速战速决”地打一场高尔夫,通常也会占用那个白天一大半的时间,这足以让一家人都勃然大怒了,如果那时候他们正好在度假的话。
That had always been an infuriating ability of the Syndicate's.
那总是已经是企业联合的一种令人发怒的能力。
Shockley, a very competitive and sometimes infuriating man, was determined to make his imprint on the discovery.
萧克利,一个竞争心非常强而有时容易动怒的人,已下定决心要在史上留名。
And can you think of anything more infuriating than to be given the same treatment?
有什么能比受到这样的对待更让人生气呢?
I was all infuriating, and said that even if you give me a wash, I am not the cheapest you.
我当时都要气死了,说就算你给我洗了,我也不便宜你。
The Vito vehicles are not London taxis. They are vans with yellow lighted "taxi" signs jammed on their roofs. They are infuriating proof that London has lost its way.
威霆出租车根本就不是“伦敦出租车”,只是顶上装着“出租车”标志灯的货车。看到这种出租车行驶在伦敦街头,我们只能恼火地得出这样一个结论:伦敦已经丧失了自己的风格。
This insecurity is infuriating and the antithesis of considerate human behavior.
这种不安全感简直令人生气,它完全违背了人类的体贴。
But it's probably for the better as it would most likely be infuriating because I don't see any good rationalization or story coming out of this.
但它可能更好,因为这将最有可能是真气,因为我没有看到任何良好的合理化或故事本。
But it's probably for the better as it would most likely be infuriating because I don't see any good rationalization or story coming out of this.
但它可能更好,因为这将最有可能是真气,因为我没有看到任何良好的合理化或故事本。
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