I could write a policy as a senator or as a mayor, and I could see the effect maybe in eight years.
我可以作为一个参议院或是市长拟定一个政策，我可能在8年后才会看到效果。
She emerged from the biography as a mother to the entire nation, or as a busybody, but hardly as a social type, a figure comprehensible in terms of broader social developments.
在传记中，她作为整个国家的母亲身份出现，或者作为一个多管闲事的人出现，但很难作为一种社会类型出现，或者一个在更广泛的社会发展中可以理解的人物出现。
He was as little disturbed or frightened as if an elderly cat and dog had walked into the room.
他既不感到不安或也不感到害怕，就像走进房间的是一只老猫和一条老狗。
They hope that having a 3D printer in the kitchen will become as common as the blender or microwave.
他们希望3D打印机在厨房能像搅拌机和微波炉一样普遍。
Although few plays have been performed or analyzed as extensively as the 38 plays Shakespeare wrote, there are few surviving details about his life.
虽然很少有戏剧能像莎士比亚写的38部戏剧那样被人们广泛地演绎或分析，但关于他的生活几乎没有留存的细节。
Graphics are used in textbooks as part of the language of the discipline, as in math or economics, or as study aids.
在教科书中，图形作为学科语言的一部分使用，如数学或经济学中，或作为学习辅助工具使用。
While nowhere near as common as knee or ankle sprains, torn ACLs put players out of the game for up to a year.
虽然不像膝盖或脚踝扭伤那么常见，但是前十字交叉韧带撕裂会让运动员停赛最长一年之久。
Pets are as basic to culture as hot dogs or apple pies.
宠物就像热狗或苹果派一样，是文化的基础。
The problem is, housework is often overlooked as work, even though it is often as laborious (or in some cases, more so) as any paid job.
问题是，家务劳动作为工作，经常被忽视，尽管它往往与任何有偿工作一样辛苦（或在某些情况下，更辛苦）。
He said he would try to write or call as soon as he reached the Canary Islands.
他说他一到加那利群岛就会尽快写信或打电话过来。
The compensation bill offers the miners or their survivors as much as $100,000 apiece.
这笔赔偿款提供给这些矿工或其尚活着的家人每人$100000。
It has vanished as surely as one's belief in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy.
毫无疑问，人们对于圣诞老人或牙仙的信仰已经消失了。
You will be pitted against two, three, or four people who are every bit as good as you are.
你将和两个、三个或者四个跟你一样好的人对决。
When you use oil or fat for cooking, use as little as possible.
当你用油烹饪时，要尽可能少放。
You could choose as much or as little as you wanted from an à la carte menu.
你可以从单点菜单上点菜，点多点少随你意。
The other person "might realise she's not as trapped as you are saying she is, or as she feels."
另一个人“可能意识到她并不像你说的那样或她感觉的那样处于困境中”。
If one chord holds twice as long or only half as long, then we have an irregular harmonic change--irregular rate of harmonic change.
如果某一个和弦持续的时间是两倍或者只有一半，那我们就有了不规则的和声改变——和声改变的不规则比率。
Although no form of matter yet discovered, moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments has already confirmed that accelerated motion causes a traveler's time to be stretched.
虽然还没有发现一种速度与光一样或比光还快的物质，但科学实验已经证实，加速运动会延长旅行者的时间。
Although no form of matter yet discovered, moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments have already confirmed that accelerated motion causes a traveler's time to be stretched.
虽然还没有发现一种速度与光一样或比光还快的物质，但科学实验已经证实，加速运动会延长旅行者的时间。
Don't fawn; approach them as equals or, at least, as potential mentors.
不要讨好；以平等的态度对待他们，或者至少以潜在的导师的身份对待他们。
From what I remember, water changes back and forth from water in lakes and oceans to vapor, and then back to water again when it falls as rain or snow, as precipitation.
根据我的记忆，水往复地变化，从湖泊和海洋里的水变成水蒸气，然后当它以雨或雪——也就是降水的形式落下时又变成水。
She says, noting the FDA does not regulate supplements as rigorously as foods or drugs.
她指出，FDA对补剂的监管不像对食品或药物那样严格。
Even something as simple as walking or driving through the city could become very dangerous without enough reading.
即使是像步行或开车穿过城市这样简单的事情，如果没有足够的阅读，也会变得非常危险。
This simple idea is that sugar is as good—or as bad—as poison and should be avoided.
这个简单的想法是，糖和毒药一样好或一样坏，我们应该避免接触它。
At their kindest, they may gently enquire why John or Mary isn't doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on.
最善意的情况下，他们可能会温和地询问为什么约翰或玛丽没有做得更好，他或她是否拼尽全力，等等。
Glaciers are sometimes classified by temperature as faster-flowing temperate glaciers or as slower-flowing polar glaciers.
冰川有时按温度分为流动较快的温和冰川或流动较慢的极地冰川。
If you see a conversation as a fight or competition, you can win by cheating as long as you don't get caught.
如果你把对话看作是一场战斗或一种竞争，只要不被发现，你就可以通过作弊取胜。
Life can be as busy or as relaxing as you like—we can even help you create your own itinerary of excursions to the other islands, each stunningly beautiful but very different.
生活可以是繁忙的，也可以是轻松的，只要你喜欢——我们甚至可以帮助你设计自己的旅行路线到其他岛屿，每一个都美得令人惊叹，但非常不同。
Goods produced by factories were not as finished or elegant as those done by hand, and pride in craftsmanship gave way to the pressure to increase rates of productivity.
工厂生产的产品不如手工生产的完善精美，而对手工艺的自豪感让位于提高生产速度的压力。
Goods produced by factories were not as finished or elegant as those done by hand, and pride in craftsmanship gave way to the pressure to increase rates of productivity.
工厂生产的产品不如手工生产的完善精美，而对手工艺的自豪感让位于提高生产速度的压力。
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