地球是“宇宙射击场”中的一个靶子,容易随机遭遇各种猛烈的撞击事件,这在数十年前从未受到过怀疑。
Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected a few decades ago.
一些批评人士似乎相信,要是衍生品市场受到了监管,世界就不会遭遇本次金融危机。
Some critics appear to believe that, if only markets in derivatives had been regulated, the world would have been spared the bust.
如果马拉维遭遇干旱,它就将受到进口玉米价格上涨的保护。
Should Malawi suffer a drought, then it would be protected against a rise in the price of imported maize.
而非洲北部受到的冲击堪称之最,到2050年以后,80%的作物将遭遇减产。
North Africa will experience the worst effects, with 80% of its crops losing productivity to 2050 and beyond.
这种整合对美国本地银行的影响,看起来似乎比较明朗:他们受到“大块头”的挤压,就像沃尔玛或者Toys“R”Us进入城区,零售商面临的遭遇一样。
The effect of this consolidation on America's local Banks may seem clear: they are squeezed by the big boys, just as retailers are when Wal-Mart or Toys "r" us comes to town.
中产阶级在80年代受到了不公平的对待,而且老布什因为签署了增加汽油税的法案而遭遇了很多抨击。
The middle class had been shafted in the eighties, and Bush had been crippled by signing a gas-tax increase.
在掠夺并破坏了这个国家大部分地区的同时,每个入侵者都深深地受到他们遭遇的文化和学识的影响。
Every invader, while they looted and destroyed large parts of the country, were deeply affected by the cultures and knowledge they encountered.
凭借这种方法,如果作物生了病,或者收成受到干旱的影响,或者遭遇山洪,他们都有替代的方法可供依靠。
In this way if one crop gets diseased, or one harvest succumbs to drought, or one hillside is flooded, they have alternatives to fall back on.
尽管受到不少美国顶尖大学的青睐,在普林斯顿晋升顺利,施博士还是认为许多亚洲人在美国遭遇到了玻璃屋顶。
While he was courted by a clutch of top American universities and rose swiftly through Princeton's academic ranks, Dr. Shi said he believed many Asians confronted a glass ceiling in the United States.
许多人认为这幅1985年的照片开启了我们现在所说的“媒体全球化”,因为奥米亚·桑切斯的痛苦遭遇受到世界各地电视镜头的跟踪报道。
Many see this photo from 1985 as the beginning of what we nowadays call "media globalization", because Omayra Sanchez's agony was followed by television cameras from all over the world.
因此,我们的军人以及他们的家人在寻求帮助时常常受到羞辱或遭遇尴尬。
And as a result, our troops and their families often felt stigmatized or embarrassed when it came to seeking help.
但事实上,一个治疗师应该做的是告诉他的顾客们,他可以尽力帮助他们去应对受到欺凌的这种不幸遭遇。
Instead, the therapist should be saying that it is very unfortunate they are being bullied and that they can try to help them come to terms with their situation.
日本今夏遭遇自1898年有气象记录以来的最热酷暑,但传统避暑胜地受到游客冷落,“鬼屋”生意却异常火爆。
With Japan suffering its worst heatwave since records began in 1898, haunted houses or "obake yashiki" are doing a roaring trade as the traditional summertime venues to cool off.
整个中东地区的酒店业都受到了全球旅游业衰退的冲击,旅行者的出行预算减少了,酒店收入和入住率也遭遇了大滑坡。
The global travel downturn has hit the hospitality industry across the Middle East, with hotel revenues and occupancy witnessing steep declines as holidaymakers cut back.
不过,如果房产市场在未来一年真的遭遇重灾,银行业将会受到牵连。
But if the property market does suffer a nasty accident over the next year, the banking sector will feel the pain.
丰田汽车(Motor Corp.)在中国遭遇挫折。 由于未能预见到小型车需求旺盛,其销售业绩受到抑制,而通用汽车(General Motors)等竞争对手同期销量却大幅上升。
Toyota Motor Corp. has hit a pothole in China, where its failure to anticipate booming demand for small cars is depressing sales as rivals like General Motors Corp. report sharp gains.
丰田汽车(Motor Corp .)在中国遭遇挫折。由于未能预见到小型车需求旺盛,其销售业绩受到抑制,而通用汽车(General Motors)等竞争对手同期销量却大幅上升。
Toyota Motor Corp. has hit a pothole in China, where its failure to anticipate booming demand for small cars is depressing sales as rivals like General Motors Corp. report sharp gains.
这条消息肯定会引得媒体纷纷报导超级富豪们怎样遭遇了巨大挫折、经济萧条使所有人都受到了损害,以及巴菲特(Warren Buffett)的身家比以往少了100亿美元。
The news is sure to spark headlines about how the super-rich are taking a tumble, that we are all hurting and that Warren Buffett's wallet is now $10 billion lighter.
她还是我的妈妈,但又不仅如此:她和我一样也是一个普通的人, 会害怕,会受到伤害,会遭遇失败。
She was still my mother, but she was something more: a person like me, capable of fear and hurt and failure.
法国官员表示,由于飞机遭遇湍流,447航班上的飞行员试图重新控制飞机,但是却受到空速指示器的错误指引。
The French officials said the pilots of flight 447 were guided by false readings from airspeed indicators as they tried to control the plane through turbulent weather.
加利福尼亚州临近佩尔布洛瑟姆的羚羊谷闪电与彩虹齐飞,蓝天与暮色呼应。 最近,南加州遭遇更加极端的酷热,同时受到雷雨电击的威胁,很有可能引发更多的沙漠森林大火。
Southern California faces more ferocious heat coupled to the threat of thunderstorms and lightning strikes that could ignite more desert wildfires.
加利福尼亚州临近佩尔布洛瑟姆的羚羊谷闪电与彩虹齐飞,蓝天与暮色呼应。 最近,南加州遭遇更加极端的酷热,同时受到雷雨电击的威胁,很有可能引发更多的沙漠森林大火。
Southern California faces more ferocious heat coupled to the threat of thunderstorms and lightning strikes that could ignite more desert wildfires.
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