Unlike a thorn, a prickle can be easily broken off the plant because it is really a feature of the outer layers rather than part of the wood, like a thorn.
与刺不同，皮刺能够被轻易地从植物茎上剥落，因为它仅仅是植物外层的一种特征，而不像刺那样是树木的一部分。
“Small yet rigid crystals showed the ability to quickly re-form their broken bonds, and as a result fail ‘gracefully’ — that is, gradually rather than suddenly,” graduate student Keten explains.
“微小但刚硬的晶体显示了天然丝迅速对断裂的化学键进行重组织的能力，同时作为‘温和地’失灵的一种结果——就是说，逐渐失灵比突然失灵要好，”研究生凯滕解释说。
Now a study of broken teeth reveals that artistic licence has, at least for predator and prey, been rather accurate.
现在，一项对断裂牙齿的研究显示，艺术的想象还是很符合事实的，至少在食肉动物和猎物较量这块儿是这样。
Then we asked them: If you had to endure one of the following, which would you rather have - a broken leg or a broken arm?
然后我们问他们：如果你不得不忍受下面的一种病痛，你宁愿是哪一种？——腿部骨折还是手臂骨折？
The same holds true when it comes to behavior; by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken.
当它转化成行为时也是同样的，当我们想要摆脱我们的坏习惯，这些坏习惯会变得更强大而不是被破坏。
If you break down, use your mobile to call for help, and also to call for help if you see someone who looks as if they have broken down at the roadside, rather than approaching them.
如果自己的汽车出了毛病，用移动电话请求帮助，要是在路边见到有人像是车出了故障，不要接近他们，同样用电话寻求帮助。
One in six people would rather watch a TV programme they didn't like than leave the sofa to change the channel if their remote control was broken.
六分之一的人宁愿看一个他们不喜欢的节目也不想离开沙发去调换频道，如果他们的遥控器坏了；
Mr Immelt got an excellent price-but it rather awkwardly suggests that ge might be worth far more if it were broken up.
伊梅尔特获得了一个很好的成交价格——但这也可能暗示着如果通用电器拆分的话自身将更加值钱。
It also adds an angled line, rather than a distorted background and high levels of warping on the text as earlier CAPTCHAs did, because the latter were broken.
它还增加了一个直角线，而不是一种扭曲的背景和早期CAPTCHAS做的那样对文字的高水平包装，因为后者被破解了。
"Despite having broken his hip in May," the agency said, "his health had been excellent until a rather sudden decline after the New Year. He was not in any pain before or at the time of his death."
该机构说：“尽管他曾经于去年5月摔断了股骨，但他此后的健康状况一直极好，直到新年过后才突然变坏。”
"The scale of the project is so broken down that it almost looks like a bundle of homes rather than a big new building," he said.
他说：“这个项目的规模是如此之大，以至于它几乎看起来像是一捆房子，而不是一座新的大房子。”
I would rather to never have felt love, than to feel so loved one minute and in the blink of an eye it all be gone, left with nothing more than this broken heart I have now.
我宁愿从没有感到过爱，也不愿意在一分钟之内感觉到如此多的爱，而一眨眼就全消失，除了这颗破碎的心外，什么都没留下。
Rather than sloping to follow the Angle of the terrain, the route is broken up into stepped levels that zigzag across the ground to avoid touching trees.
小径的路线没有顺延基地的坡度，而是分成了几个阶梯式的标高，通过之字形道路进行连接，避免碰到树木。
Would rather lose money, not broken.
宁可失钱，不可失信。
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.
调查显示，如果遥控器坏了，大约六分之一的人宁肯继续看原来的频道也懒得起身去换台。
What is broken is broken, and I would rather remember it as it in its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
一样东西破碎了就是破碎了，我宁愿记得它完好时的样子，而不是把它粘好，然后一辈子看着那些破碎的地方。
What is broken--and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
一样东西破碎了就是破碎了--我宁愿记住它最好时的模样，而不想把它修补好，然后终生看着那些破碎了的地方。
The research on fluid rock interaction has broken through the rather static solid earth philosophy.
流体-岩石相互作用的研究突破了静止的固体地球观。
EXAMPLE: When I retired I received my pension as a huge single lump sum, rather than broken down into monthly payments.
我的退休金并非分月支付，而是在退休时一次性发给一大笔钱。
If you had included how you would write the synchronous code, rather than just some slightly broken asynchronous code, it would've been much easier for me to work out what you intended the code to do.
如果你有你会怎么写同步代码，而不仅仅是一些破碎的异步代码，它就会为我解决你所做的代码更容易。
What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
一样东西破碎了就是破碎了——我宁愿记住它最好时的模样，而不想把它修补好，然后终生看着那些破碎了的地方。
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.
大约六分之一的受访者中，说如果他们的遥控坏了，他们将继续看相同的频道，而不是起床。
The same holds true when it comes to behavior — by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken.
这同样对行为有效-尝试改掉坏习惯，我们的坏习惯没有改掉反而变得更强。
I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry, when my heart is broken, is it needed to fix?
我想哭泣与微笑，而不是忏悔的哭，当我的心脏坏了，这是需要修正的吗？
I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground.
我宁可坐在露天，因为草叶之上，没有灰尘，除非是人类已经玷辱过了的地方。
What is broken is broken-and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
打破的就是打破的——我宁愿去回忆它还完好无损的时候的样子，而不愿去修好它，然后在我的有生之年看着那破碎的地方。
Try reading short stories rather than long novels. These are often broken down into short chapters which can be read and then analyzed for language.
试著读一些短篇小说，这些小说都由短的篇章组成，对于学习语言是很有帮助的。
You can try to read short stories rather than long novels. Short stories are often broken down into short chapters which can be read and then analyzed for language.
试着读一些短篇小说，这些小说都由短的篇章组成，对于学习语言是很有帮助的。
What is broken is broken, and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best.
碎了就是碎了，我宁愿记住它最好时的模样。
What is broken is broken, and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best.
碎了就是碎了，我宁愿记住它最好时的模样。
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