You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum.
你定期交纳保险费，作为回报，保险公司会一次性付给你一笔钱。
The company has invested a six-figure sum in an electronic order-control system which is used to keep stores stocked.
这家公司已经耗资6位数购买了电子定单控制系统来为商店进货。
In those days, $20 was not a sum to be sniffed at.
那时候，20元不能不当回事。
In those days, $20 was not a sum to be sneezed at.
那时候，20元可不能不当回事。
To one in such a situation, five shillings may very well appear a large sum of money.
对这种处境中的人，五先令很可能是一大笔钱。
To sum up, I've mentioned several key points in becoming a successful public speaker, such as good preparation, audience awareness, brevity, etc.
综上所述，我提到了成为一名成功的演说家的几个关键点，比如做好准备、有观众意识、简洁等等。
An Amsterdam merchant purchasing soap from a merchant in Marseille could go to an exchanger and pay the exchanger the equivalent sum in guilders, the Dutch currency.
一个阿姆斯特丹的商人从马赛的商人那里购买肥皂，他可以去交换者那里，用荷兰盾（荷兰货币）付给交换者等值的钱。
Economists were long puzzled, for example, by the routine outcome of a game in which one player divides a sum of money between himself and a competitor, who then decides whether the shares are fair.
举个例子，经济学家们被一个游戏的常见的结果所困扰，在此游戏中，一个游戏者在他与另一位玩者之间分一笔钱，然后他决定每一份是否公正。
Under the second rule, a break between blocks occurs when the sum of the elements in a block exceeds 100.
第二个规则中，当一个块中的元素总和超过100时，会发生块之间的间断。
In an abundant number, the sum of the factors is greater than the number, and in a deficient number, the sum of the factors is less than the number.
盈数的因子的总和大于数字本身，而亏数的因子的总和小于数字本身。
Commanding a $1-million sum for her appearance in the film, Taylor became the highest paid actress of her generation.
她在这部影片中的片酬高达 1 百万美元，一跃成为了她那个年代片酬最高的女演员。
A local farmer claimed he was held for 25 days, then bailed out for a large sum of money, after finding a dead rhino in his fields.
一位当地农夫声称，他被关押25天，然后花了一大笔钱保释出来，仅仅是因为他的农田中发现了一头死犀牛。
Very few projects offer the general public a chance to volunteer in improving the sum of human knowledge in such a significant way.
很少有项目了能以这样一种有效的方式为大众提供担当志愿者的机会，让他们来改善人类的总体知识。
Each event represents a change in state, and the ordered sum of all normal entity states represents a lifecycle.
每个事件代表状态中的一个变化，所有普通实体状态的有序和代表了一个生命周期。
Cement’s going rate is glorious, too: $200 per metric ton in Togo, a sum like a siren song luring clunky cement ships from their distant ports.
水泥的行情也很火爆：在多哥的价格是200美元/吨，这个价格就像海妖迷人的歌声，引诱来自遥远港口的水泥货船。
That is a tidy sum in Nepal, South Asia's poorest country.
在南亚最穷的国家尼泊尔，这是一笔很大的数目。
Each individual improvement can have a positive effect, but when taken in sum, they can result in dramatic results.
每个单独的改进都可以得到一个积极效果，如果综合起来，则可以获得显著的改进。
Create a contract in which you're paid a certain sum if your income falls below a set level.
那就签订一项合约，规定如果你的收入低于预设水平，就能够得到一笔规定数额的补偿金。
For too long, policymakers, lawmakers, and voters have treated competitiveness as a zero-sum game, in which another nation's gain is necessarily the United States' loss.
长此以往，决策者、立法者和选民就把竞争看成了一种零和游戏，在这场游戏中其他国家盈利，美国就必然会亏损。
In sum, showing your anger conveys a toughness that can help you get what you want.
总而言之，表示愤怒的情绪能传达强硬的态度，这可以帮助你达到目标。
In sum, there is a slight change in emphasis away from education and toward outright competition.
总之，以教育为主的侧重点有了细微的变化，开始向彻底竞争的方向转化。
I reject the notion that China and the United States are engaged in a zero-sum competition, where one side must fall for the other to rise.
我不同意这样的说法，即中国和美国是在进行一场零和竞争，一方崛起，另一方就要衰落。
Was Josiah, too, driven by a zero-sum worldview in which the worshippers of gods other than Yahweh looked like enemies?
约西亚是否也受零和博弈的世界观驱使，认为除耶和华之外，其他神都是敌人呢？
But prosperity is not a zero-sum game: if a society cashes in on the female dividend to create more wealth, men and children share in the bounty.
但是繁荣并不是一场非此即彼的游戏：一个社会靠女人赚钱养家，让男人和小孩来分享成果。
In sum, Syria is a regional snake-pit in which few neighbours-or outsiders from farther afield-would be wise to dangle their toes.
总之，叙利亚就是一个地区的蛇窝，很少有邻居——或来自远方的外人——在其眼前明智地晃脚。
In sum, Syria is a regional snake-pit in which few neighbours-or outsiders from farther afield-would be wise to dangle their toes.
总之，叙利亚就是一个地区的蛇窝，很少有邻居——或来自远方的外人——在其眼前明智地晃脚。
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