Extracting information about the large-scale composition of a planet from a sample weighing a millionth of a gram was a fascinating example of scientific endeavour.
从重量为百万分之一克的样品中提取有关行星宏观组成的信息是一个极为有趣的科学尝试实例。
The fantastic achievements of modern technology and the speed at which scientific discoveries are translated into technological applications attest to the triumph of human endeavour.
现代技术的惊人成就和科学发现转化为技术应用的速度证明了人类努力的胜利。
It makes us endeavour and insist.
它使我们奋斗，坚持下去。
Looking back on it, I'm certain this whole endeavour operated at a loss.
现在回想起来，我确信这整个折腾是亏损的。
It signals a change in what has, until now, been a key element of scientific endeavour.
这标志着到目前为止被视为科研事业中的一个关键性组成部分发生了一次举足轻重的变革。
In science as inmost fields of endeavour, it is important to have the right tool for the job.
自然科学领域如同大多数需要全力以赴的领域一样，拥有合适的工具非常重要。
Rarely in the field of human endeavour has so little been known by so few about something so important.
在人类活动中，对于一件极其重要的事情，却仅有极少人知道极少一点情况，这实属罕见。
And because my endeavour had no end in view it was measureless, always reaching beyond any assigned limit.
而正因为我的努力并没有把什么作为目标，所以这种努力是无限量的，总是超越指定的界限。
The development of new, alternative insecticides is a high priority, but is an expensive and long-term endeavour.
开发新的替代杀虫剂是个首要重点，但也是一项昂贵的长期努力。
To many critics the broader environmental legacy of the tar sands is reason enough to halt the whole endeavour.
对众多的批评者而言，开采油砂带来的环境后果就摆在眼前，它们就是叫停增产油砂的充足理由。
"We must endeavour to forget all that has passed on either side," said Jane. "I hope and trust they will yet be happy."
吉英说：“我们应该把他们两个人过去的事尽力忘掉，我希望他们还是会幸福，也相信这样。”
A: Malaria control is a complex endeavour in which WHO plays a vital role in representing the Member States' interests.
答：疟疾控制是一项复杂的工作，世卫组织代表各会员国的利益，在此项工作中发挥着至关重要的作用。
In spite of thousands of years of endeavour, little progress has been made in the scientific understanding of dreams.
尽管上下求索数千年，但人们对梦的科学认识仍然进展甚微。
With so much data coming back from Mars missions that are accessible by all, exploring Mars has become a shared human endeavour.
随着火星探测活动收集到的数据越来越多，这些数据任何人都可以理解，探测火星已经变成全人类共同努力的任务。
Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, calls the search for extraterrestrial life the most important scientific endeavour of our time.
皇家天文学家，马丁·里斯认为：搜寻外星生命，这是我们这个时代最重要的科学探索。
LIKE other fields of endeavour, science has fashions-and one of its most fashionable areas at the moment is the study of stem cells.
和其他领域一样，科学研究也有某种时髦的存在，而现今最为热门的领域就是干细胞的研究。
But if his work stands up to the scrutiny of others, then looking for another purine-receptor blocker would surely be a worthwhile endeavour.
但是，如果他的研究成果经得起别人的推敲，那么寻找另一个嘌呤受体阻滞剂将会是值得一试的途径。
Dr Coveney recruited both Britain's national supercomputer grid and America's TeraGrid for the endeavour and, encouragingly, the project worked.
为在此领域获得成功，柯文尼博士甚至征用了英国的国家超级计算机网格和美国的分布式兆兆级网格。项目运作良好，这令人十分欣慰。
Running a sports league is an awkward endeavour, since the owners must co-operate on many business decisions despite Fielding teams that compete fiercely.
经营一个体育联盟是一件很棘手的事，因为尽管球队在赛场上相互尘战，但球队老板们必须就许多商业事宜进行协商合作。
But they are just one part of abroader endeavour, the construction of a “geoweb” that is still in its infancy,much as the world wide web was in the mid-1990s.
但这只是更宽泛的努力的一部分，构建“地球网络”仍然处于初级阶段，这恰似90年代中期的万维网。
As a creative endeavour, Mr Gygax's invented world was deeply unoriginal: he borrowed shamelessly from authors such as Jack Vance, Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien.
尽管有过颇有创意的努力，但是吉盖克斯所臆想出来的世界却绝非原创：他明目张胆地借用了杰克·万斯、罗伯特·e·霍华德和J·R·R·托尔金等作家的著作。
Tubitak is one of nine collaborators in what is known as the TyGRe project, a European Union-financed endeavour intended to make useful things out of redundant rubber.
图比塔克研究中心是TyGRe项目（由欧盟出资目的是致力于从废弃橡胶中提取有用之物）九家合作机构之一。
Natural history films play a major role in spreading knowledge of their work. And understanding the world around is vital in the continuing endeavour to preserve our ecosystem.
自然历史影片在传播与他们工作有关的知识上发挥着重要作用，了解周围的世界对继续努力保护我们的生态系统是非常重要的。
The scientists I speak to are committed to what they see as an inherently moral endeavour that can save and improve the lives of thousands - and, over time, millions - of people.
和我对话的这些科学家，决心从事于在他们看来是一种人道的和崇高的事业，能够拯救几千人的生命，提高他们的生活质量，在未来，能使成百上千万的人收益
One popular idea is to turn to greenery: Britain (like the rest of the world) must cut its emissions of greenhouse gases in any case, so it makes sense to profit from the endeavour.
其中最受欢迎的一个理念是开发绿色产业：英国（和其他国家一样）必须削减其温室气体的排放量，因此有理由通过自身的努力而获利。
Gordon Brown today mounts a passionate and personal defence of scientific research using animal-human hybrid embryos as an 'inherently moral endeavour' that could save millions of lives.
对于混合胚胎的研究，戈登·布朗今天发起了激情而又带有个人化的辩护，他说这是人性的和道义的科学努力，能够拯救成百上千万生命。
We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavour to shine.
我们不满足于为我们自身、为自己的存在而拥有的人生，我们想过一种存在于别人心目中的虚构的生活，为了这个目的而极力出人头地。
We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavour to shine.
我们不满足于为我们自身、为自己的存在而拥有的人生，我们想过一种存在于别人心目中的虚构的生活，为了这个目的而极力出人头地。
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