If we do not reach a deal at this time, let us be in no doubt: once the damage from unchecked emissions growth is done, no retrospective global agreement in some future period can undo that choice.

如果我们此刻不能达成协议，那么毫无疑问：若温室气体排放的增长不加控制，其伤害一旦造成，未来任何追溯性的协议也无法消除这一选择造成的后果。

youdao

The change of boss is likely to lead to a period of turmoil at Areva at a time when it is already facing a difficult future as utilities may delay or cancel orders for reactors following Fukushima.

由于福岛核事故，公共部门可能会搁置或者取消反应炉的定单，在阿海珐集团已经面临一个艰难前景之际更换总裁可能会导致其经受动荡时期。

youdao

This will ensure that data from a specific project can be easily retrieved and a repository comprising project data can be formed for future reference over a period of time.

这可以确保能方便地获取一个特定项目的数据，并能建立一个包含项目数据的知识库以供将来参考。

youdao

The northern states by the Antebellum Period 1820s,1830s,1840s-- was beginning to sort of hurtle toward a different future than what that slave society was perhaps--no, not really slowly it too was hurtling toward a certain future.

北方在战前,也就是19世纪20至40年代,就急速开始朝着,和奴隶社会完全不同的方向发展,但是南方奴隶社会的发展得也不是很慢,它也在飞驰向一个确定的未来

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"Our daily lives were the major inspiration, being young people and part of a changing country trying to form its future in a very sensitive period, " said guitarist Firas Abu-Fakhr.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

If those workers conclude that they would be better off spending now, since the alternative could be earning next to nothing on their savings if they retire in a future period of economic torpor, long-term U.S. growth will be the real loser.

FORBES: Savers: Don't Shut Up, Speak Up!

With the presidential election a mere ten days away, the future of federal tax policy enters a period of unprecedented uncertainty.

FORBES: Your Definitive Voting Guide To The Tax Aspects Of The 2012 Election: President Obama And Mitt Romney, Compared