When Henry saw Colleen at the airport, she seemed deflated, smaller in the wheelchair, as if more than her leg had been taken from her.
亨利在机场见到科琳时，轮椅中的她看上去干瘪瘪的，小了一号，好像她失去的不仅仅是一条腿而已。
The idea of weight lifting is to build muscle. However, it's common to see people rush through their routines counting repetitions, as if more is better.
举重是为了练习肌肉，然而我们经常见到的是，人们冲进他们的日常计数的训练，彷佛计数越多就越好。
As a matter of fact, your gift would be appreciated all the more if you make it yourself.
事实上，如果你的礼物是自己亲手做的，会让人更加感激。
As Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have written, if you have too much time in the performance zone, you need more time in the recovery zone, otherwise you risk burnout.
正如吉姆·洛尔和托尼·施瓦茨所写，如果你花太多时间工作，就需要更多的时间用于恢复，否则就会面临精力枯竭的风险。
If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.
如果这些投资能产生巨大的社会效益——且显然它们可以——那么为家庭提供更多社会支持的效益就应该更加明显。
Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it simulated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another.
友谊不是一天建立起来的，如果电脑能模拟出一个人认识另一个人的过程中所发生的渐进变化，那么它将更容易被人们接受为朋友。
One useful tip is that things are more likely to be remembered if you are in exactly the same state and place as you were when you learned them.
一个有用的建议是，如果你所处的状态和位置与你学习它们的时候完全相同，那么你更有可能记住它们。
In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much, if not more, than their middle-class supervisors.
在很多情况下，工厂工人的收入与他们的中产阶级主管的收入相比，如果不是更高也会相等。
If they are mixed with other strains, they are more likely to end up as spores than as dead stalk cells.
同其它种类的黏菌混在一起时，他们更有可能变成孢子而不是死去的柄细胞。
As with any study of this kind, it was unclear if that was the cause—or if breakfast-skippers were just more likely to be overweight to begin with.
就像任何这类研究一样，原因尚未可知，究竟是出于这一因素，还是那些不吃早餐的人本来就更容易增重。
Much emphasis is put on how to spend as much time if not more studying by themselves as being taught.
如果没有花更多的时间自己学习，人们会把重点放在如何花费尽可能多的时间去接受教导。
If Jim had been more independent, the divorce would not have affected him as deeply.
如果吉姆曾经更独立一些，离婚就不会对他有这么深的影响了。
He talked of other cultures as if they were more familiar to him than his own.
他谈起其他文化就像它们对于他比他自己的文化还熟悉。
I wouldn't be surprised if as the rules have become more elaborate, prices have risen.
如果价格随着规则变得更加复杂而上涨，我也不会感到意外。
But I wouldn't be surprised if as the rules have become more elaborate, prices have risen.
但如果价格随着规则变得更加复杂而上涨，我也不会感到意外。
Because warm air can hold more moisture than cool air, the relative humidity will be constant only if the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases as the temperature rises.
因为温暖的空气比冷空气能容纳更多的湿气，所以只有当大气中的水蒸气量随着温度的升高而增加时，相对湿度才会保持不变。
But as with any study of this kind, it was unclear if that was the cause—or if breakfast-skippers were just more likely to be overweight to begin with.
但是，就像任何这类研究一样，原因尚未可知——即，还不清楚不吃早餐是否能导致他们更容易超重。
Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another.
友谊不是一天就能建立起来的，如果电脑能模仿一个人逐渐了解另一个人时发生的变化，那么作为朋友它会更容易被接受。
As you only have a short stay in Shanghai, you probably will not be able to do much more sightseeing. But if I can help in any other way, please let me know.
由于您在上海只能做短暂停留，您可能无法做太多的观光。但如果我能在任何其它方面帮上您的忙，敬请告知我。
These purchases often become more valuable with time—as stories or memories—particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.
随着时间的推移，买来的这些东西往往会变得更有价值——作为故事或记忆——尤其是当它们涉及与他人的情感联系时。
We become more and more attached to the characters as if we truly know them.
我们越来越迷恋这些人物角色，好像我们真的了解它们一样。
The beauty of the computer world is that experience matters as much as, if not more than your formal education.
计算机世界的美妙之处在于，经历与你的正规教育同等重要，甚至更重要。
Therefore, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew.
因此，自己动手做（DIY）可以给我们带来乐趣，帮助我们省钱，但如果我们不自量力，它并不总是像想象的那么容易。
If you haven't noticed, the backstreet boy educated at Blackpool grammar styles himself more grandly as Alastair Cooke, broadcaster extraordinaire.
如果你还没有注意到，这个在布莱克浦语法学校接受教育的后街男孩把自己塑造成阿拉斯泰尔·库克——一个出色的播音员。
As much as if not more so than women, fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements.
（父亲们的陪产假）至少应该和女人们的产假时间一样长，父亲们力争让人们正视他们关于灵活安排假期的要求。
This essay conveys the idea that as important as teaching knowledge is, it is as important if not more important for teachers to possess other qualities.
这篇文章表达的观点是，教师具备的其他素质的重要性不亚于教学知识。
If panic starts to creep in, try to replace your negative thoughts with more positive ones, such as "It's going to be OK."
如果恐慌开始悄悄袭来，试着用积极的想法取代你的消极想法，比如“一切都会好起来的”。
If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better control your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.
如果所有这些问题的答案都是肯定的，那么你最好控制你的压力，因为你所承受的压力可能超出了对你有益的范围。
Just as a scientist called Tom Stafford advises, if you organize five hours of study into one hour a day, you'll remember more than if you study for five hours on one day.
正如一位名叫汤姆·斯塔福德的科学家所建议的那样，如果你把5个小时的学习改成一天1小时，你记住的东西会比一天学5个小时记住的东西更多。
Just as a scientist called Tom Stafford advises, if you organize five hours of study into one hour a day, you'll remember more than if you study for five hours on one day.
正如一位名叫汤姆·斯塔福德的科学家所建议的那样，如果你把5个小时的学习改成一天1小时，你记住的东西会比一天学5个小时记住的东西更多。
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