In English, there is not a consistent one-to-one match between each written symbol and each distinct spoken sound.
在英语中，每一个书写符号和每一个独特的发音之间不存在固定的一一对应关系。
The election may not be the traditional two-horse race between the preferred Democrat and Republican party candidates.
这次选举可能并不是支持率最高的民主党与共和党候选人间的传统两方角逐。
He explains, "If ant colonies had worked out a reliable way to identify the best routes between their nest and food sources, the company managers figured, why not take advantage of that knowledge?"
他解释说：“如果蚁群已经找到了一种可靠的方法来确定蚁巢和食物源之间的最佳路线，那么公司经理们就会想，为什么不利用这种知识呢？”
She stayed in the Northwest, although the test could not be more specific than somewhere between eastern Oregon and western Wyoming.
她留在了西北部，尽管测试的结果在俄勒冈州东部和怀俄明州西部之间的一些地方里是最具体的。
It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.
不是环境本身，而是人与环境之间的一种互动，会带来更美好或更糟糕的体验。
Gender matters more for them because check-kissing often only happens between women or a man and a woman but not two men.
性别对他们来说更为重要，因为亲吻脸颊通常只发生在女性之间，或者一男一女之间，而不是两个男性之间。
Bodyweight was not hugely different between the groups eating a healthy diet and those on high fat and sugar diets.
健康饮食组和高脂肪高糖饮食组的体重差异并不大。
I could set something up so that she could exercise the privilege of driving only between home and school, and only in the minivan (not the sport sedan).
我可以做些安排，这样她就可以享受开车往返家和学校的特权，而且只能开小型货车（不是运动型轿车）。
By demonstrating their common sense, they've shown that the divide between cats and humans may not be that great after all.
通过展示它们的常识，它们已经证明了猫和人之间的区别可能并不是那么大。
But by demonstrating their common sense, they've shown that the divide between cats and humans may not be that great after all.
但通过展示它们的常识，这些猫已经证明了猫和人之间的区别可能并不是那么大。
Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say about their school experience.
考虑到天才学生和学校之间的不协调，这些学生通常对自己的学校生活没什么好的评价也就不足为奇了。
Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city.
城市化可能会产生一种不同的生活方式，但城镇和城市的生活质量之间并没有区别。
Even the Harvard study did not prove a direct correlation but noted strong associations between exposure and risk of behavioral issues.
就连哈佛大学的研究也没有证明两者之间有直接的联系，但指出了这种接触与行为问题风险之间的强烈关联。
It does so by pointing out affinities between Austen and a writer with whom she has not commonly been associated, John Keats.
它通过指出奥斯汀和一个通常不与她有联系的作家约翰·济慈之间的密切关系来做到这一点。
Economists who study the relationship between money and happiness have consistently found that, above a certain income, the two do not reliably correlate.
研究金钱与幸福关系的经济学家们一致发现，在一定的收入之上，两者之间就并没有可靠的关联。
Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.
尽管他们的离职与公司随后的糟糕业绩之间存在相关性，但这并不总是意味着这些董事一走了之的是一家濒临倒闭的公司。
At best there is a weak statistical association and not a causal link between DNA and intelligence.
DNA和智力之间最多只存在着微弱的统计关联，而不是因果关系。
You know, I am still not too clear about the hydrologic cycle, the transfer of water back and forth between the earth and the atmosphere.
你知道，我仍然不是很清楚水文循环，也就是水在地球和大气之间的来回转移。
A human study has found strong links between BPA levels and semen quality, and the findings are not looking good.
现在，一项人类研究发现了双酚A含量和男性精子质量之间有密切关联，结果并不乐观。
This method was very effective as the glass had not touched any surfaces between being soft and becoming hard, so it stayed perfectly unblemished, with a "fire finish".
这个方法非常有效，因为玻璃在从软变硬的过程中并没有触及任何物体的表面，因而在经过“火抛光”处理后能保持完美无瑕。
Not white, certainly, but not really Asian, I try to pave the way between the two worlds and bridge the gap for you.
当然我不是纯正的白人，或正统的亚洲人，但我努力衔接这两个世界，为你们架起桥梁。
It is utterly confusing to me that people do not recognize this, despite the fact that pretty much anyone who has been a student can tell the difference between their best and worst teachers.
让我感到非常困惑的是，人们没有意识到这一点，尽管几乎所有学生都能分辨出哪些是最好的老师，哪些是最差的老师。
These bats can distinguish between the two, and not just with trees, but with any echo that comes in a smooth or rough shape.
这些蝙蝠能够区分这两种声音，不仅仅是通过树木的回声，而是通过任何平滑或粗糙的回声。
That's not counting the fuel burned in transportation, processing, refrigeration, and other waypoints between farm and belly.
这还不包括运输、加工、冷藏等从生产到消费中各种工序所消耗的燃料。
First, at least some of the observed differences between the enzymes of the Atlantic and Pacific fish populations were not random, but were the result of evolutionary adaptation.
首先，至少在大西洋和太平洋鱼类种群中观察到的一些酶的差异不是随机的，而是进化适应的结果。
Some think that Yu Dan's lecture text is not the right topic and did not clarify the relationship between traditional Chinese studies and modern media.
有人认为于丹的此次讲座文不对题，没有讲清楚传统国学与现代传媒之关系。
Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people.
事实上，人们“城市化”的程度并不会对其有意义的人际关系的数量和质量产生影响。
The issue is not development time, but rather the full time between project inception and delivery.
这个问题不是开发时间，而是从项目开始到交付的全部时间。
Big name schools are not necessarily the best places for professors; plus, many professors split teaching time between multiple colleges and/or universities.
名牌学校不一定是教授们的最佳选择；并且，许多教授在多个学院和/或大学之间分割教学时间。
Now scientists are discovering that the boundaries between genes and environment are not so clear.
现在，科学家发现基因和环境之间的界限并不那么清晰。
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