Maintaining harmony at home is essential for the well-being of an individual, a couple and their offspring, and even the society.
维持家庭的和谐，对个人、夫妻、后代乃至整个社会都是至关重要的。
He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things.
他想同他安排一次约会以理清几件事情。
For example, a film-maker might opt to include the background sound of an ambulance's siren while the foreground sound and image portrays an arguing couple.
例如，电影制作人可能会选择在背景中加入救护车的警笛声，而在前景的声音和图像中表现一对争吵的夫妇。
If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers.
如果邻居彼此都是陌生人，他们就不太可能打扫住在隔壁的老年夫妇门前的人行道，也不太可能留意到一些捣乱的年轻人。
If someone on a hike knocks a couple of rocks over, they could be unwittingly destroying a microclimate that an animal or organism relies on.
如果有人在徒步旅行中撞倒了几块岩石，他们可能在不知不觉中破坏了动物或有机体赖以生存的小气候。
I even worked on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska a couple of summers while I was an undergraduate.
当我还是个大学生的时候，我甚至在阿拉斯加的一艘商业渔船上工作了好几个夏天。
A message can easily be whistled over a couple of miles, while to travel that same distance on foot might take an hour.
一条信息容易就能传送到几英里外，而步行同样的距离可能需要一个小时。
For instance, the series of photographs I made of an old couple out west.
例如，我在西部拍摄的一组关于一对老夫妇的照片。
So a couple of commands and then an interesting code and then the teaser, that's a teaser.
总结起来，就是几个命令，一个有意思的代码，然后是那个小技巧，那是一个小技巧。
But if they haven't, you can make such an XML file in a couple of minutes.
但如果他们没有，您就可以在几分钟之内做出那样一个XML文件。
But he said the parties failed to reach an agreement because of a couple of outstanding issues.
但是他表示，由于一些悬而未决的问题，各方没有达成一项协议。
How much of an applications code is turned into bytecode depends on a couple of factors.
一个应用中有多少代码能转化成字节码依赖于几个因素。
She describes another case, of an elderly couple.
她又描述了另一个关于一对老年夫妇的案例。
It's been an exciting couple of weeks for the Jolie-Pitt family, who flew into New York City on Saturday.
最近几周，对于大明星夫妻——布拉德-比特和安吉丽娜-朱莉的家庭生活来说，是一段相当令人高兴的日子。
Let me give you an example: I have a couple of dear friends who are moving into adolescence. It's a time of great change.
我有这样一个例子：我有两位正值青春期的好朋友，青春期是一段剧烈变化的时期。
I noticed an article a couple of weeks ago about Master lock, the iconic lock company, headquartered in Milwaukee.
我注意到几周前有一篇关于总部位于密尔沃基的标志性锁具公司MasterLock的文章。
Optionally there are a couple of beds, a table, an oven and some equipment.
可供选择的房间内有两张床、一张桌、一个炉灶和若干设备。
Hanging out with your friends might seem "unproductive" whereas staying an extra couple of hours at work is "productive".
跟朋友一起出去逛逛看起来是“毫无收益的”，与此同时加班完成工作是“有效能的”。
Client connectivity for DB2 data servers has undergone an evolution of sorts over the last couple of releases.
DB 2数据服务器的客户机连通性在过去几个发行版中经历了一些变化。
An express bus drops me off just a couple of blocks from my office.
特快巴士可以在离我公司几个路口的地方放下我。
We used a spreadsheet as an intermediate step for a couple of reasons.
我们采用电子数据表这一中间步骤是有原因的。
We came through a public door and were in an open room, a couple of floors up.
我们穿过一个公共的们，来到意见露天的房间，一对地板升了上来。
Is it easier for an older or younger couple to maintain this type of relationship?
对年纪大些的或者年轻些的人来说，保持这种关系是不是容易些？
The first chapter, which tells of their early married life before the coming of their second son, Paul, is an admirable account of a mismated couple.
第一章描写了他们第二个儿子保罗出生前的早期婚姻生活，是一对搭配错误的夫妻的令人羡慕的描写。
Unless it is mixed with some other fuel, such as petrol, the result is corrosion that can wreck an engine's seals in a couple of years.
除非它混同一些其他燃料，譬如汽油，而其结果就是腐蚀。这将在几年的功夫里损坏引擎的密封条。
According to a draft report published in the summer, "a handful of hornets can destroy an entire nest [of honey bees] in a couple of hours".
根据一个夏季发布的摘要报道，“大量的黄蜂能够在几个小时之内摧毁整个巢穴[小蜜蜂的]”。
The past couple of years have seen an increased interest in identity management.
过去两年中，人们对身份管理的兴趣不断增长。
The past couple of years have seen an increased interest in identity management.
过去两年中，人们对身份管理的兴趣不断增长。
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