They had been on our planets for millions of years, but 2018 was the year several species officially died off forever.
这几个物种已经在我们的地球上存在了数百万年,但是官方称2018年它们已经陆续灭亡。
In both North America and Europe, fungus-causing diseases such as Dutch elm disease have killed off millions of stately trees that once gave beauty to forests and cities.
在北美和欧洲,像荷兰榆树病这样的真菌疾病已经杀死了数百万棵曾给森林和城市增光添彩的高大树木。
By flipping individual thin-film transistors on and off in a matrix of millions of transparent switching cells etched on to the surface of the display, images can be made to dance on the LCD screen.
在液晶显示器的表面是数百万个透明的电池开关组成的矩阵,在这个矩阵中扳动各个薄膜晶体管的开关,图像就能在显示屏上跳动了。
The millions of acres required to meet U.S. transportation fuel needs would not take the form of one huge ocean patch, but would instead spread across many locations off the U.S. coasts.
他指出,用以解决美国运输燃料需求的数百万亩藻类生产基地将不会采用像巨大海洋贴片的方式,而是会分散在美国东西海岸的很多地方。
The other day I was reading about a very successful hedge-fund manager who ripped off millions from his clients, got caught, faked his suicide, and went on the lam.
有一天,我读到了一篇文章。里面提到一位很成功的对冲基金经理诈骗了客户们上百万的资金,被捕后,他用假自杀逃避了法律的制裁。
Nor is it walled off from its neighbours, now hosting millions of sullen exiles.
它有数百万国民流亡在外,并没有与其邻国隔绝。
It is a potent magnet for those millions of country people who can barely live off the measly landholdings available to them.
数百万的农村人在自己极少的土地上几乎到了无法生存的地步,这样城市生活就成了他们的一个强烈向往。
The voice message left for one alleged mistress asking her to “take your name off the phone” could not have spread so rapidly to millions of people only a few years ago.
就在几年前,“把你名字删掉”这样的电话留言还不能在短时间之内传到百万人民耳中。
The drugstore Halloween images ofdark and hairyj critters touch off sensations deep inside us, pointing bonyfingers at instincts that go back millions of years, evolutionary psychologistssay.
进化心理学家认为,万圣节常见的漆黑多毛的怪物形象能够触发我们内心深处的恐惧直觉;如同嶙峋的指节向着蛰伏数百万年的记忆探去。
Rocks that now make up the northernmost islands of the Canadian Arctic formed millions of years ago as seafloor sediments off the northwestern coast of a supercontinent called Pangaea.
如今构成加拿大北极群岛的岩石在数百万年以前只是一个叫Pangaea(泛古陆)的超大陆西北海岸以外的海底沉淀物。
That really makes you wonder how many millions of hours were logged this past weekend as tech people around the world turned off Gmail (gasp) and played the game.
这真的会让你好奇在过去的一周究竟耗费了科技人员几百万小时关掉了Gmail去玩游戏。
The same can't be said for all bubbles; many homeowners aren't better off just because the real-estate frenzy put millions of people into homes they couldn't afford.
并不是所有的泡沫都能产生同样的结果:地产业的疯狂让数百万人购买了自己无力负担的房产,许多房主并未因此生活得更好。
The Labor Department says about 26 million people are out of work or underemployed, and millions more face foreclosure, which alone can chop 150 points off an individual's score.
劳动部称2600万人处在失业当中,数百万人要面对强制性拍卖抵押房产来还债,这还要扣除他们150点个人积分。
How will the grid respond if millions of meters fire off hourly usage data into the system?
如果数百万的电表每小时向系统发送一次使用数据,电网会做何反应?
Despite millions of dollars spent on marketing SOA, it has not really taken off yet.
尽管在市场推广上已花费了数百万美元,SOA仍未真正获得成功。
Aerial photographs of the Delta show dozens of tankers illegally linked to pipelines, siphoning off millions of barrels of crude for sale abroad.
三角洲地区的航空照片显示很多油罐车非法地连接到输油管道上,吸走了数百万桶原油卖到海外。
They fear the consequences of paying off those responsible for the mess. But they cannot let hundreds of millions of innocents suffer.
它们担心为那些造成混乱的人买单的后果,但又不能让数以亿计的无辜者蒙受损失。
Instead, it ate up millions of his own dollars and was sold off two years later.
恰恰相反的是,这家公司吞噬了他数百万美元资产,两年后惨遭抛售。
Throwing millions of Americans off Medicare and pushing them into the arms of private insurers is another story.
将数百万美国赶出“老年医保计划”并把他们推入私营保险公司的怀抱则是另一回事情。
Millions of people have received amalgam fillings, although their popularity has dropped off in recent years.
虽然近几年他们的普及程度有所减少,还是有数百万的人使用了汞合金填充物。
It will bring each of them one-off costs in the tens of millions, but the savings over time will dwarf the initial outlay.
这可能会使他们一次性消耗数千万美元,但是随着时间的流逝,对于整个成本的节省使得初始的投入不值一提。
Millions of migrant workers have been laid off from their jobs in the ravaged export industry, but now a rush of Christmas orders is opening up new opportunities.
中国出口行业遭受重创,数百万外来务工人员下岗,但现在圣诞节订单又创造了新的就业机会。
But it's the unflattering image being reflected from abroad that may give pause to the millions of French travelers now heading off to summer-vacation destinations across the globe.
但这个留给世人逼真的印象让正奔向环球各地度暑假的法国游客感到踌躇。
Some day, millions of years from now, LS IV-14 116 will cool off to the point where it becomes a bona fide White Dwarf.
某天,几百万年后,LSIV - 14 116将会冷却形成真正的白矮星。
Some day, millions of years from now, LS IV-14 116 will cool off to the point where it becomes a bona fide White Dwarf.
某天,几百万年后,LSIV - 14 116将会冷却形成真正的白矮星。
应用推荐