"Now they look as if they could breathe," she said after she had finished with the first ones.
“现在它们看起来好像可以呼吸了。”她清理完第一批之后说。
It feels as if they could do this forever.
这让他们觉得可以一直这样玩下去。
Nearly all these machines look as if they could lose weight.
几乎所有的这些车辆看起来就像他们可以减肥。
These inventions were generally made to look as if they could dance or walk.
一般来讲，发明这些东西是看看它们能否走路或跳舞。
I don't know if they will do it, there is a long way to go, but they look as if they could do it.
我不知道他们能不能完成不败壮举，毕竟还有较长的一段路要走。
Visitors to the exhibit will see 40 minerals that look as if they could be used in costly jewelry.
参观人员将看到40种矿物质，这些矿物质看起来可以用于昂贵的珠宝。
They were crying and seemed to be trying to pull the heavy machine, as if they could make it move faster toward their home.
他们大喊大叫，用力拉扯着这台重型机械，仿佛这样就能让它更快地开到他们家。
Turns of phrase sound as if they could have been written by Austen, so much did the screenwriter research his source and pay homage to her literary work.
曲折语音，如果他们能够一直写奥斯丁，这么没有编剧研究其来源和敬意，她的文学作品。
‘The Dark Lens’ series places stormtroopers, droids, AT-ATs, Darth Vader and more in eerie, blighted landscapes that seem as if they could be from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
这套“黑暗镜头”系列图片将暴风突击队员、机器人、AT-AT、达斯·维达等角色放置于怪异衰败的景象之中，仿佛他们来自于遥远的另一个银河系。
This means, for instance, a CUNY student could reasonably expect to receive the same quality of instruction from a prestigious professor as they would if they were enrolled in the same class at NYU.
这意味着，比如说，纽约市立大学的学生可以跟随一位有声望的教授进行学习，得到与他们在纽约大学同一个班级所得到的同等质量的教育，这种期望十分合理。
As a young man, he thought people could achieve perfection if they tried hard enough.
作为一个年轻人，他认为，人们如果足够努力，是可以达到完美的状态的。
If the findings are true, they suggest that optimism could serve as a psychological trait that promotes health and a longer life.
如果该研究的结论成立的话，那就表明乐观是可以促进健康和长寿的一个心理特质。
As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.
因此，它们已经失去了在经济萧条时期曾经持有的“保护伞”——一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。
If they could find the higher line, they would get sugar as a prize.
如果他们能找到更高的那条线，他们就能得到糖作为奖励。
If I could speak my thoughts aloud, they might be as angry and as wild.
若我能直抒己见，那定当是狂怒野蛮之词。
They were given a choice between receiving a small reward, such as a cookie, immediately, or if they waited 15 minutes, they could have two.
孩子们可以选择立即得到一个小奖励，比如一块曲奇，或者如果他们等15分钟，就可以得到两块曲奇。
Pinocchio led the way, running as if on wings, the others following as fast as they could.
皮诺乔跑在最前面，跑得像长了翅膀似的，其他人都拼命地跟在后面。
What's more, in most cases, even if the nest is destroyed by wind or something to that effect, you could create a new one and put all the baby birds back in it, and when the parents came back, they wouldn't care their baby birds were in a different nest, so long as you put the new nest near where the old one was so they can find it.
更重要的是，在大多数情况下，即使巢被风之类的摧毁，您也可以建一个新的巢，把小鸟放回其中，当父母回来后，他们不会关心他们的孩子在不同的巢里，只要你把新巢放在旧的附近，让它们就可以找到它就行。
If they like your ideas, perhaps they could put them forward as their own proposals.
如果他们对你的想法有兴趣，也许会把你的想法作为他们自己的建议。
These approaches are still in the conceptual and testing phases, but if applied as a group, it's possible they could have a dramatic effect.
这三种途径还处于概念和试验阶段，但是如果一旦组合应用，他们很可能会取得显著效果。
If something did happen, they were at the ready, or at least as ready as they could muster.
要是确实发生了什么事情，他们就处于准备状态，或者至少尽他们所能聚集的力量准备。
The study cannot tell if issues as a baby cause behavioural problems later in life: they could be an early symptom of those later problems.
这项研究无法判断是否是婴儿时期的问题导致了日后的行为问题：它们也可能是日后其他一些问题的早期症状。
While an employee may appear engaged in their work, they may not be as effective as they could be if they were happy.
如果员工不快乐，或许他们看起来也是忙忙碌碌，但他们的工作效率却可能并不高。
Teams care about coming top, as much as they care about being good, so if teams collectively agreed to lower their standards, they could achieve the same league rankings with less effort.
对一支运动队来说，优秀程度并不比名次更重要，因此如果运动队集体决定降低标准的话，他们是可以以更少的付出获得相同的联赛名次的。
If they could, music executives would uninvent the internet, and perhaps Apple as well.
如果可能的话，唱片公司的高管肯定要灭了互联网和苹果公司。
They could rise further still if drought lays waste to China's wheat harvest, as is feared.
如果旱灾使中国的丰收减产的话，食品价格还有可能进一步上涨，而这正是我们担心的。
It is as if they have no purpose in mind except to see who could climb higher.
彷佛没有其它目的，只是要看谁能爬得高一点。
The Banks could not, as a practical matter, raise capital if they revealed the extent of their problem loans (or, if they could do so, the cost would go way up).
作为一个实际的问题，如果问题贷款程度得到披露，这些银行将无法筹措到资金，或者，如果他们可以筹到资金的话，其成本将大幅上升。
If you want, they could even be there as you talk to your parents.
如果你愿意，当你与你的父母对话是，他们甚至可以陪同在旁。
The garments made somehow a very strong impression upon me, so that I could draw them now, if I could draw anything, as they looked when they were held up to me.
这两件衣服不知怎么的给以我一种强烈的印象以至于我现在就能把它们画出来。如果我能画出任何东西，因为他们那个时候都停滞在我的脑海之中。
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