如果我旋转的速度比桶倒过来的两秒钟还快,要是物理原理成立,水就不会掉出来。
If I rotate this faster than in two seconds when the bucket is upside-down if physics works, the water should not fall out.
如果早期的太阳比现在的太阳暗淡,也没有现在这么炙热的话,那么液态水就不可能在这两个星球上存在。
If the young Sun was much fainter and cooler than the Sun today, liquid water couldn't have existed on either planet.
银行可以拿这些国债与欧洲央行进行再贴现,但只要这些国债的收益比现金高,它们就不会这样做。
Banks could rediscount the bills with the ECB but they would not do so as long as they earned more on the bills than on the cash.
的确,比这糟糕的评价还有很多,但是当你第一次约会时,如果对方用“人很好”来形容你,那也许就不会有第二次约会了。
True, there are far worse labels, but if someone used that description of you following a first date, there might not be a second one.
很显然,如果你花得比赚的少,你就不会陷入债务中。
If you spend less than you earn, you won't be in debt, obviously.
这种情况和以往不同,但这种情况并非(自动地)变得(比现在)更差了:因为我知道你的秘密,你就不能把我的秘密当成对付我的武器。
This is different than before, but it's not automatically worse. And because I know your secrets, you can't use my secrets as a weapon against me.
要是没有遵守纪律、受到激励的人员,软件开发就不能成功,而实验和反馈往往比一次将事情做成更有效。
While software development cannot be successful without disciplined, motivated people, experimentation and feedback are more effective than trying to get things right the first time.
如果丈夫给予这辆车的分数是10,之后他就不能说自己因为没有得到车而应该获得比妻子没有得到这辆车更多的赔偿。
If the husband puts the car's value at 10 points, he cannot later claim that he deserves more compensation for not getting the car than she would be entitled to.
就不能比这些家伙强一点?
如果结对实验得到了比通常更好的结果,那么取得结果的方法就不再是个问题。
If the pairing experiment produces better results more often, the means of getting there becomes less of an issue.
如果中微子曾经比光还快过,它们就不会在足够长的时间内保留这样的速度,为OPERA提供结果。
If they were ever faster than light, they wouldn't stay at that speed for long enough to account for OPERA's results.
她高高的,比那位火爆性子的矮个儿丈夫高出一头,不过她的举止是那么文静,走起路来只见那条长裙子轻盈地摇摆,这样也就不显得怎么高了。
She was a tall woman, standing a head higher than her fiery little husband, but she moved with such quiet grace in her swaying hoops that the height attracted no attention to itself.
人类没有那么聪明,我们就不可能比自然人还聪明并在相对时间里做出更好的食物。
Human beings aren't that smart. We will not be able to outsmart nature and make better foods than it for quite awhile.
这样,英国就不能找麻烦了,而且17个国家的谈判比27个国家谈判要更快。
That would stop Britain from causing trouble, and negotiations among 17 countries may be speedier than among 27.
因此,按第一个标准,我们就不能把像科比这样的球员列进来,而按第二个标准,我们也不会包括像新秀约翰·沃尔这样的球员。
So by the first criteria, we aren't putting someone like Kobe Bryant on the list, and by the second criteria we aren't including someone like John Wall.
若你认为你不能够赢得游戏那就不要玩。只有你认为你能比现有的参与者做得更好才能去玩。
Don't play the game if you don't think you can win. Only play the game if you think you can play it better than the current players.
“我以为旋转木马在冬天就不开了呢,”菲比丫头说。
"I thought the carrousel was closed in the wintertime," old phoebe said.
比这更老的恒星就不再是蓝色的了。
比如,联合利华,如果他没有购买本·杰里的冰淇淋,就不会发明“丘比哈比”冰淇淋。
Unilever, for example, would not have invented “Chubby Hubby” ice-cream if it had not bought Ben &Jerry’s.
更糟糕的时,如果药效时间比飞行时间更长,你下飞机的时候会昏昏欲睡——如果还得开车或者坐车回家,就不太妙了。
Even worse, if the drug lasts longer than the flight, you'll arrive drowsy at your destination-that's not good if you have to drive or negotiate local transportation home.
经证实,这种做法比期望要困难许多,因为如果一种疾病由多种基因致使,那么单一基因的讯号就不可避免地被减弱。
This has proved a lot harder than expected, because if lots of genes contribute to a disease, the signal from each is inevitably weakened.
说不使用要更容易一些:如果与XML 1.0相比带来的受益很小,或者把数据保存到XML 1.0的方法很脆弱或者容易丢失,那么就不使用。
It's certainly easy to say when not to use one: when the incremental benefit over XML 1.0 is small, or the route to preserving your data in XML 1.0 is fragile or lossy.
人们通常认为,改变别人比改变自己更难,但事实并非如此——至少如果你是老板的话,就不会如此。
The popular belief is that changing others is harder than changing yourself, but this isn't true - at least it isn't if you are the boss.
托尼·布莱尔比乔治·布什要睿智一些,布莱尔做过一些错误的决定,而布什根本就不知道自己在做什么,他只是随便完成他在任时要做的事。
Tony Blair is smarter than George Bush but makes some wrong decisions. But Bush has no idea what he's doing, he's just blundering through.
比克·内尔说:“不幸的是,那些已被书面语吸收的俚语可能就不再那么'酷'了。”
"Unfortunately with slang words by the time it has become assimilated it probably isn't cool anymore." Bicknell said.
如果你觉得他们比其他更便宜鞋更值得这个价钱,那就不要买。
If they don't feel like they are worth more than another, less expensive pair, they aren't.
怀着猫头鹰可以救儿子的希望,弗里斯比太太心中就不再恐惧了。
But with the hope that the owl can save her son's life, Mrs. Frisby is no longer afraid.
如果没有文件低于要求达到的百分比,那么就不会发送电子邮件。
If no files are below the requested percentage, no mail is sent.
保罗给腓立比的圣徒写到:“但我在肉身活着,若成就我工夫的果子,我就不知道该挑选什么。
To the Philippians Paul writes, "If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor forme. Yet what shall I choose?
保罗给腓立比的圣徒写到:“但我在肉身活着,若成就我工夫的果子,我就不知道该挑选什么。
To the Philippians Paul writes, "If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor forme. Yet what shall I choose?
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