Cynics thought it was all a publicity stunt by the Virgin Group of companies and its flamboyant British boss, Sir Richard Branson.
怀疑者认为这不过是维珍集团公司及其爱显摆的英国老板理查德·布兰森爵士的作秀罢了。
The two-star hotel is beautifully surrounded by the virgin forest and is endowed with natural seneries and fresh air, therefore it was also called Shangrila of Mount Wenfu.
这座镶嵌于原始森林怀抱之中的二星级宾馆,拥抱自然,与山共鸣,是文佛山中的“香格里拉”。
On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public.
另一方面,维珍银河等公司正在策划对太空梦发动一场自下而上的袭击,让普通大众也能够实现自己的太空邀游梦想。
Flight International reported that Excalibur conducted a private market survey, and found would-be customers yawning at the suborbital jaunts offered by the likes of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.
《国际航空》杂志报道说,神剑公司此前已就私人太空游进行了市场调查,并发现潜在的太空游游客对诸如理查德·布兰森的银河维京公司之流所提供的亚轨道短程游兴趣缺缺。
The craft that is steadily plodding between the Virgin Islands is being operated by a team from Woods Hole and the Webb Research Corporation, founded by Mr Webb.
这正稳定航行的在维尔京群岛之间的滑翔器是由伍兹·霍尔海洋研究所以及韦伯先生创立的韦伯研究公司操控。
By comparison, she says when oils are prepared by the cold-press or expeller process, or, in the case of olive oil, are extra virgin, preparation involves only pressing, heating, and bottling.
她说,经过比较,如果油只经过冷压或排除器处理(对橄榄油来说是加纯处理),这些程序只涉及加压、加热和灌装。
But the most effective policy would be to incorporate the costs of the pollution caused by gathering and processing virgin materials into their prices.
不过,把收集与加工原始生产材料所产生的污染成本计算到总成本中,才是最有效的措施。
That altitude is a long ways from the height of more than 100 km promised by Virgin Galactic and others developing suborbital space tourism vehicles.
这个高度相对于维珍银河及其它亚轨道空间旅游工具开发者所承诺的100千米高度而言差得一段距离。
There were other, more significant reasons to stay a virgin, of course: I learned that I had to fight for the future I wanted, and the way to do that was by making wise choices.
还有别的,更鲜明的原因去保持童贞,当然了:我明白我得为自己想要的未来而奋斗,达到目的方式是做出明智的选择。
Land grabbers often follow, or stake their claim to virgin forest by razing and burning the trees and turning the land into pasture.
然后,土地的占有者来了,又或者他们通过砍伐和烧毁树木来声称自己对未开发森林掌有权利,把森林变成了牧场。
Still, until Friday, we thought of our country as a virgin — unsullied by the ills of society.
依旧是这样,直到星期五前,我们还以为我们的国家是一块纯洁之地-----从未被社会的败坏玷污过。
Dr Baker says the challenge is to get the cost of a small-satellite launcher down to a few million, and he is so excited by the possibilities that he is leaving his employer to join Virgin Galactic.
巴克博士认为难题是要降低小型卫星发射器的成本至几百万美元。而且他很可能离开老东家加盟维珍银河,他为此兴奋不已。
In fact the panel ranked the heated light oil higher than the heated pricey California extra-virgin oil, whose pungency was no longer balanced by a spicy aroma and had become overbearing.
事实上,专门小组给加热的、素淡油的名次比加热的、更贵的加州特级纯油高,因为加州油的辣味平衡被辛辣味掩盖了。
For example, in the painting “The Virgin and Child with St Anne”, the virgin's face is shadowed by glaze that contains different pigments to those in the shadowing glaze on the child.
比如,在油画《圣母子与圣安妮》中,圣女的脸上的阴影部分涂上的罩色漆与婴儿身上的罩色漆所含成分不同。
Early in the 20th century, the prevailing notion was that people could alter climates locally (for instance, by cutting down forests and ploughing virgin fields) but not globally.
20世纪初,普遍认为人类可以改变区域气候(比如,通过砍伐森林与开垦土地),但对于全球气候还无能为力。
But according to a recent survey by Virgin Media Business, only 16 of the UK's biggest 100 listed companies are using Twitter to engage with customers.
但据维珍媒体业务(Virgin Media Business)新近的调查显示,英国最大的一百家上市公司中,只有16家通过twitter和客户接触。
And in 2011 the Spaceship Company will start the world’s first spaceship production line—making the craft needed by Virgin Galactic to take tourists on suborbital flights.
此外,飞船公司(Spaceship Company )在2011年将启动全球首个宇宙飞船生产线,为维京银河(Virgin Galactic)公司制造进行亚轨道载客飞行的飞船。
Virgin Media offers speeds up to 50Mbps to houses served by its cable network (around half the total), and is exploring the possibility of going faster still.
维京欲将其用户(大约占总数一半)网速升至50Mbps,并还在探索进一步提速的可能性。
One led by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and the other by a team of Northern Rock's own managers.
一家是理查德·布兰松爵士的Virgin集团,另一家是北岩经理组成的团队。
The multi-million-pound Great House on Necker, the Virgin tycoon’s 60million private island, was struck by lightning in the early hours of Monday when the region was battered by 90mph Hurricane Irene.
周一清晨,维珍集团大亨布兰森位于内克尔岛上的价值数百万英镑的豪宅被闪电击中,当时整个地区遭受到时速90英里的艾琳飓风的袭击。 内克尔岛是布兰森的私人岛屿,价值六千万英镑。
The monastery has a spectacular view of the town beneath it was built to honour the Virgin Mary, who was said to have appeared in a vision in 1480 and was completed by 17th century.
寺院有一个壮观的景色镇下方是内置履行圣母,谁据说出现在视野中1480和已完成的17世纪。
Scientists take great pains in preventing the last virgin forest from being spoiled by human being.
科学家竭力保护最后一片原始森林不受人类破坏。
Scientists take great pains in preventing the last virgin forest from being spoiled by human being.
科学家竭力保护最后一片原始森林不受人类破坏。
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