Every year, lightning kills people because it can start big fires or because it reaches a temperature of 28,000. About l,000 people are hit by lightning every year in the United States, and about 100 of them die as a result.
每年，闪电都会导致死亡，因为它可以引发大火，或者是因为它达到28000的温度。在美国，每年有1000人被闪电击中，其中大约100人因此而死亡。
Less than 20 years after first finding a planet beyond our solar system, astronomers are poised to hit a big milestone - the discovery of alien world no. 500.
首次发现太阳系以外的行星后不到20年，天文学家们正准备打造一个重要的里程碑——第500个外星世界的发现。
Big private business schools in America, already hit by the much lower valuations of their endowment funds, seem likely to take the biggest hit.
已遭受捐赠基金大量减少打击的美国大型私营商业学校可能遭受最大的打击。
A few weeks earlier, Talbot said, a concrete hauler had hit the freeway median, taking out a big chunk of it.
托尔伯特说，就在数周前一辆水泥运输车还曾撞击过高速路的中路，撞坏了一大部分路。
The spreads at which big Banks lend to each other, meanwhile, hit a two-month high.
与此同时，大银行间的行内拆借价差，创下近两个月的最高点。
That might not seem a big percentage, but the hit rate will get better as face-recognition software improves and more snaps are uploaded.
这个比率似乎并不算高，但如果面部识别软件得以改进，从网上下载的照片更多，则识别率将会有很大的提升。
If the product is indeed as big a hit as anticipated then a polo shirt and pajamas are going to be the next releases.
如果芬芳衬衫的销售能像预期一样大卖特卖，生产商在下一季将会推出芬芳马球衫和芬芳睡衣。
For most of us, if we want to "hit the big time," we're going to need to grow to that point rather than start there.
对大多数人来说，如果我们想“做到一流”，我们需要逐步实现这个目标，而不是刚开始就可以做到。
A big hit at this year's book fair was the Digital Bookstore, where visitors could read e-books by flipping through pages on slimly-designed touch screens.
今年书展的一大亮点是数码书店，在那里参观者可以通过浏览设计精细的触屏上的页面来阅读电子书。
In between they study algebra and English novels at an on-site school, and accounting classes aim to help them manage their finances should they hit the big time.
其间他们现场学习代数和英文小说，同时还要学习一些会计课程，以帮助他们在一鸣惊人、功成名就时管理自己的财产。
Is David Beckham more popular on or off the soccer field? Either way, "Beck" is a big hit in England.
大卫·贝克汉姆在球场上还是球场外更受欢迎？无论是哪一种身份，贝克·汉姆在英国都大受欢迎。
We really start to see the power of the Arabic-Hindu system coming into its own as we hit the big Numbers.
当我们撞见大数字时，我们才真正开始见证到阿拉伯-印度数字系统自身的威力。
Xerox thinks it has hit on something big to breathe life into the ailing market for high-volume office printers: it's called color.
施乐认为，公司已偶然发现了为大容量办公打印机不景气市场带来活力的热门事物，这就是彩色。
Iceland may be the world's hardest hit: Last fall, three big Banks, or virtually the entire banking system, collapsed, and the island's currency went into free fall.
冰岛遭受的冲击可能也是全球最为沉重的：去年秋天冰岛三大银行宣布破产，几乎整个银行体系崩塌，该国货币也急剧下挫。
Like much of California, Big Sur has been hard hit over the past few decades by drought and rising temperatures.
与加州的很多地方一样，在过去的几十年中，大南方岬遭受了干旱和升温的双重打击。
In 2009 Mexico's was hit worse than any other big economy in the Americas by the recession in the United States.
受美国经济衰退的冲击，2009年墨西哥的经济比美洲其它任何一个大型经济体都糟。
When your name becomes a synonym for evil scheming, you know you've hit the philosophical big time.
如果你的名字成了阴谋的代名词，那就说明在哲学领域你已成了大人物了。
We really don't know where or when the "big one" will hit, but geologic evidence shows that the northwest coast of the U.S. has all the makings.
我们还不能确定下一场大地震发生在何时何地，但是地质分析中表明美国西北部发生大地震的可能性非常大。
Its epicentre was at Prince William Sound, some 100 miles to the east, but Anchorage took a big hit.
震中在安克雷奇以东大约100英里的威廉王子湾，但安克雷奇也遭受重创。
The book was a big hit because the first third of it compared how the kingdom of God was reflected on earth in the Kings who ruled there.
这本书十分畅销，因为前三分之一的篇幅都在比较天国是如何反映在人间国王统治的土地之上。
The areas worst hit, including Charsadda and the neighbouring district of Nowshera, as well as Punjab, are all big food producers.
查尔·萨达以及旁遮普等瑙谢拉周边地区作为受灾最严重的区域，也是粮食的主产地。
Only a few big hurricanes have ever hit New York City. The last of them was hurricane Gloria in 1985, which caused substantial damage on Long Island.
纽约市所遭受的强飓风袭击并不多见，但次次骇人。最近的一次便是1985年的格洛丽亚飓风，它肆虐长岛，带来了巨大的破坏。
There is no sign in the data that banking fears are spreading to Spain, which is by all accounts the next big European economy on the hit list, let alone much bigger Italy.
从数据看，也没有迹象显示对银行业的忧虑正在向西班牙扩散——除了经济规模更大的意大利之外，从各方面来看，西班牙都是处于高危名单上的下一个主要欧洲经济体。
The reason for the cutback is that Ford is being hit hard by the fall in sales of big pick-up trucks and SUVs, where it makes most of its profits.
此次削减的主要原因是，作为利润最高的大皮卡车和运动型多功能车的销量锐减致使福特遭受了重撞。
If you really want to hit that big date, the best thing you can do is build and deploy incrementally.
如果真的要按时发布，最好的方式就是采取增量式开发和部署。
At the same time, the whole idea of emulating the Western model has taken a big hit, partly from the crisis and partly from America's diminished prestige.
同时，整个效仿西方模式的理念大受欢迎，部分是由于金融危机，部分是由于美国逐渐衰退的影响了。
Apart from Michigan, home to Detroit's big three carmakers, no state has been so hard hit by the recession.
除了拥有底特律三大汽车厂的密歇根州，没有任何一个州能够不陷入经济衰退。
Apart from Michigan, home to Detroit's big three carmakers, no state has been so hard hit by the recession.
除了拥有底特律三大汽车厂的密歇根州，没有任何一个州能够不陷入经济衰退。
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