Although many other big firms resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers borrowed heavily and built bigger and fancier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas.
尽管许多其他大公司抵挡住了过度借贷的诱惑，但开发商还是大量借贷去建造了更大、更豪华的酒店，就好像全世界都在计划去拉斯维加斯度假一样。
The second drawer began to fill and as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries.
第二个抽屉开始被填满。此时我在想外头是否还有更大的发现，不只是物种，还有依赖于人们认为无用的东西的生命以及甚至没有 DNA 的生命。我为这些重大发现设立了第三个抽屉。
This meant using big mercury-zinc batteries, making the generators up to five times bigger than modern devices.
而这需要使用大号的汞锌电池，这会是发电器比现在使用的设备大五倍。
It is more likely, however, that the prop traders will move to hedge funds. The big hedge funds will get bigger and will have more impact on the markets.
然而，更可能的是，先前的投资者转而投向对冲基金。大的对冲基金会更大，从而对市场产生更大影响。
What scientists didn't know was whether the drivers grew bigger hippocampi as they trained or whether they had big ones (and thus an innate navigation advantage) to begin with.
科学家们不知晓的是司机们的海马体是经过锻炼后变大的还是他们一开始就有着较大的海马体（因此具有先天的导航优势）。
What do I care for your big brother? I've got a brother that's bigger than he is — and what's more, he can throw him over that fence, too.
我可不怕你什么大哥哥，我有一个比你大哥还大的大哥哥——而且我大哥哥能把你的？
Source Code was an opportunity to show what I could do with a big-name star on a bigger budget.
《源代码》是一次我可以获得大制作和大明星合作的机会。
Even as big data gets bigger, IBM InfoSphere tools help data professionals cut it down to size.
即使大型数据变得越来越大，IBMInfoSphere工具可以帮助数据专业人员缩减数据规模。
Rubin of the NPD group said future smartphones screens will continue to get bigger -- as big as possible so that they'll still fit in a pant pocket -- and may add 3-D capability in coming years.
NPD集团Rubin表示未来的智能手机屏幕会越来越大——只要能塞进裤袋，尽可能更大——在未来几年还可能添加3-D性能。
The most obvious answer is that there is something big out there, far bigger than anything in our known universe.
最明显的答案是在那边有一个极为巨大的物体，它的质量远远大于我们所知道的宇宙里的任何物体。
We were 300 people then, by design terms a pretty big company, a lot bigger than that now, and changing direction in any fundamental way was actually quite a difficult prospect.
当时，我们公司一共300人，对于一个设计公司而言，这已经是很大规模了，比现在大很多。 对这样一个大公司，从根本上改变方向都是相当困难的。
The big thing for me was I felt I could have a much bigger impact with Choice than with Marriott.
我感觉自己在精品国际的影响力比在万豪时要大得多，这对我来说意义非凡。
You need a support crew who believes what you believe. People who dream as big as you or bigger.
你需要一群支持你的人，相信你所相信的东西，拥有与你一样远大甚至更为高远的梦想。
Think of a computer network, and maybe you imagine that little blue cord running from your computer, connected to bigger and bigger cables, until they meet a big ugly building filled with servers.
再想想计算机网络，也许你想像的小蓝线从你的计算机跑出，连接到越来越大的电缆，直到它们进入大而丑陋充满服务器的建筑。
The Ambani brothers are big fish-and swimming in a much bigger pond.
阿姆·巴尼兄弟是大鱼——也在相当大的池塘中游走。
He reckons it means corporate research can look farther ahead, do bigger things and risk more money for a big payout.
他认为这意味着企业研究能更高瞻远瞩，做更大的事业，为高支出冒高投入的风险。
But the business forces lining up behind closed platforms are big and getting bigger.
但是，封闭平台后面的商业力量都很强大，而且越来越强大。
I'm bigger than big now, but these things stick.
我现在比大大高，不过这种事是不能改变的。
The country was big in 1815 by European standards, and it would get even bigger.
国家的规模在1815年从欧洲标准来看已经比较大，之后可能变得更大。
If it is both southward and big, the energy transfer rate is even bigger.
如果两个磁场都都很强且均朝南，能量传递会更大。
And the payoff would've been big for early humans: lots of high-calorie meat to feed a bigger brain.
早期人类的收益是很大的：很多高热量的肉类，供养更大的大脑。
I focused more of my attention on the big fund, certain that it was my meal ticket to bigger and better things.
我把更多的精力放在旗舰基金上，认为这是我获得更大成功的入门券。
With big smiles and even bigger diamonds, celebrities parade down the red carpet showing off their expensive gowns for the photographers and fans.
名人们笑容满面地戴着比笑容更加耀眼的钻石走在红地毯上，向摄影师和影迷们炫耀他们昂贵的晚礼服。
In a minor reshuffle that may not preclude a bigger one later in the year, Mr Sarkozy retained all the big names.
在一个小规模的改组中——不排除今年晚些时候将出现更大规模改组，萨科齐留任了所有大牌人物。
This is a big problem that looks destined to grow even bigger.
这是一个注定要变得更为严重的大问题。
This is a big problem that looks destined to grow even bigger.
这是一个注定要变得更为严重的大问题。
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