One of the first water clocks was a basin with a small hole near the bottom through which the water dripped out.
最早的水钟之一是一个在底部附近有小洞的水盆，水从这个洞里滴出来。
The bottom line: for all the marketing hype, alliances aren't all things to all people—but everybody can get some benefit out of them.
底线是：对于所有的营销炒作，联盟并不是对所有人来说都是一切——但每个人都能从中受益。
If you put your fingers between the crevice at the bottom, and here's where you gotta watch out for the spring, pull the thing apart and that's it.
如果你把手指放到底部的缝隙中间，这里你需要小心弹簧，把东西分开，就是这样。
Check out the sticker at the bottom of Andy's toy chest for a very familiar clownfish.
看看安迪玩具箱底部的贴纸，上面有一条非常熟悉的小丑鱼。
If it wants to have a smooth texture, it flattens out the papillae, so it can acquire a smooth texture to blend in with the sandy bottom of the sea.
如果它想要纹理光滑一些，它就把身上的“触头”变得平整，这样它看上去就会很光滑，能够融入海底的沙地中。
Likewise if American dividends fall by a third from their recent peak, then-assuming they set a floor for profits-earnings would bottom out at about two-thirds below the level of 2007.
同样的如果美国红利大约下降他们过去顶峰时的三分之一的话(假定他们对利润都有底线)收益会稳定在低于2007年的三分之二的水平。
A tip: try to stay within three chunking levels for most of the time, digging deeper only on topics of particular interest where you want to bottom out the subject.
这里有个小提示：绝大多数情形，你应该试着只问三个以内的问题，而且只在那些你特别感兴趣然后希望彻底弄明白的事情上。
In the World Economic Forum's latest Global Competitive Index it ranks bottom (out of 133 countries) in both maths and science education.
世界经济论坛最新发布的《全球竞争力指标》中，南非的数学和科学教育(在133个国家中)垫底。
Once LJ reaches the bottom, he reaches out, cautiously, and grabs the phone.
LJ到达了底部，他小心地伸出手，从Quinn的尸体上取得了手机。
At some point, indicators such as consumer confidence and housing starts will bottom out, but where is that point?
从某种程度上来说，消费者信心和房屋开工率这些指标将会见底，但是底部在哪里呢？
Some analysts said they believe the dollar will bottom out against major currencies in 2008 but continue to lose ground against Asian currencies.
一些分析师认为，2008年美元兑其他主要币种的汇率将触底，但兑亚洲货币将继续下探。
They trapped red grouper in a cage without a bottom; the fish dug out of it.
他们把赤点石斑鱼诱捕进一个无底的笼子里；赤点石斑鱼挖出通道逃了出来。
But everything went smoothly since then and you also walked out of the bottom of your life.
不过后面一切都好了，谢天谢地，你也走过了人生的底谷。
West Virginia stands out at the bottom of our list as having a surprisingly low level of energy consumption.
西维吉尼亚州凭借惊人的低水平能源消耗在我们的名单榜底很显眼。
Bigger runners who wear stability shoes will not get the support they need and can actually bottom out the cushioning, negating the shoe's ability to protect the foot from impact.
体重更大的人使用稳定型跑鞋将无法得到他们需要的支撑，事实上将会压垮缓震结构，导致鞋子失去保护你的脚免受冲击的能力。
On the first question it looks like the global economy will bottom out in the second half of 2009.
关于第一个问题，看起来全球经济将在2009年下半年见底回升。
At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground, and the bottom broke out of the barrel.
然而大约就在同时，那桶砖砸到地上，桶底掉落了。
When the bottom has fallen out of people's lives, they try to fill it with various forms of addiction.
当人们的生活被颠覆之时，他们试图通过各种嗜好来进行填补。
She feels it's hard to predict when the market will bottom out, just as you can't predict when a stock has "bottomed out" until it has started to rise again.
她感到很难预测市场何时探底，正如不能预测一支股票在上涨之前什么时候探底一样。
When the next speaker produced all those facts, he knocked the bottom out of my arguments.
当下一位发言人提出所有事实时，他把我的论点彻底驳倒了。
In the 2006 Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study it also came bottom (out of 40 countries), as it did in the 2003 Trends in International Maths and Science Study (out of 48 countries).
2006年的国际阅读素养进展研究中南非(在40个国家中)也名列倒数，这和南非2003年在国际数学和科学趋势研究(TIMSS)中(48个国家中)排名情况相同。
He showed no interest in it, and his refusal has knocked the bottom out of our plan.
他对我们的计划一点都不感兴趣，而且他的拒绝使我们的计划付诸东流。
The Kailasanatha temple at Ellora is a good example of the former, excavated from top to bottom out of a massive rock face.
爱罗拉的凯托撒那神庙是前者的一个好例子，从头到底挖起上来都是一块厚重的大岩石。
This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sunday-school teachings.
我在主日学校所受的教诲也因为这件事而全部改变了。
But, no matter how hard they hammered, the well would eventually bottom out and the oil would dry up.
但是，不论他们多么努力，最终，油井会打到底，油会干枯。
It is desirable to have the die "bottom out" or strike the paper at the point where the stretch of the material comes close to reaching it's maximum limit without cracking or tearing.
这是可取的“末位淘汰”的死，或击点舒展的材料很接近，以达到它的最高限额不开裂或撕裂的纸张。
It is desirable to have the die "bottom out" or strike the paper at the point where the stretch of the material comes close to reaching it's maximum limit without cracking or tearing.
这是可取的“末位淘汰”的死，或击点舒展的材料很接近，以达到它的最高限额不开裂或撕裂的纸张。
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