Living in a glare of our making, we have cut ourselves off from the light of the stars.
我们生活在自己制造的强光下，却把自己与星光隔开。
At the end of his first year, Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school.
第一年结束时，由于差一点才达到绩点2.0的要求，尼杰失去了5000多美元的佩尔助学金，这使得他无法继续支付学费。
If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off – there's really nothing to it!
如果你过去没有信心做烙饼的话，就别再被它吓着–真没什么难的。
I told the boys off for making so much noise.
孩子们太吵，我把他们训斥了一顿。
An independent study found that the owners are not as badly off as they say, and most are making money.
一项独立的研究发现，企业主们并不像他们说的那么经济困难，大部分都在赚钱。
He denies making off-colour remarks about women.
他否认曾经说过关于女性的污言秽语。
Could you hold off making your decision for a few days?
你能推迟几天再作决定吗？
A face-off between Congress and the White House appears to be in the making.
一场国会和白宫之间的争吵看来正在酝酿中。
The sounds bounce off them and the lower jaw captures the returning sounds, making it possible for the dolphin to sense what's in the surrounding water and decide where to swim.
声音从它们那里折射，下颌捕捉到返回的声音，使海豚能够感受到周围水域中有什么，并决定游向哪里。
Sunlight reflecting off the water gives these caves their blue hue, making them popular for boating and diving.
海水反射的阳光使这些洞穴呈现出蓝色，使它们成为划船和潜水的好去处。
Crowdfunding, raising money for a project through online appeals, has taken off in recent years for everything from making movies to producing water-saving gadgets.
近年来，通过网络宣传为一个项目筹集资金的众筹形式已经在各个领域蓬勃发展，包括制作电影、生产节水设备等等。
Furthermore, once they succeeded in making marketable flat glass, the machine was turned off for a service to prepare it for years of continuous production.
另外，一旦他们成功地生产出畅销的平板玻璃，为了让机器准备好连续几年的生产，这台机器会被停用以进行维护。
Clearly, there are plenty of ways to keep track of your job search, and making the effort to simplify your job search will pay off.
显然，有很多方法可以跟踪你的求职情况，而且，努力简化你的求职过程将会是劳有所得的。
Clearly, there are plenty of ways to keeping track of your job search, and making the effort to simplify your job search will pay off.
显然，有很多方法可以跟踪你的求职情况，而且，努力简化你的求职过程将会是劳有所得的。
On top of all that, a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for a test.
除此之外，一份刊登在《学习与记忆》日报上的研究发现睡觉比临时抱佛脚更有可能得到好结果。
You're really better off making your own smoothies at home with your own fresh fruit and low fat yogurt.
你最好在家自己做奶昔，用你自己的新鲜水果和低脂酸奶。
It might be helpful when you get used to making a to do list of all your schoolwork, and checking each item off when it is completed.
养成给所有要做的作业列任务清单的习惯，并在完成每一项后划掉，这点或许很有帮助。
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average.
在2005年，正如作者所观察到的，法国的人均实际消费仅为美国的60%，表面上美国人的平均经济状况似乎比法国人好得多。
Since being laid off, though, he has worked a series of part-time, low-wage, temporary positions, including selling shoes at Lord & Taylor and making sales calls for a car company.
不过，自从被解雇后，他做了一系列兼职、低薪的临时工作，包括在洛德-泰勒公司（Lord& Taylor）卖鞋，以及在一家汽车公司做销售客服。
Get up off the floor and stop making such a show of yourself.
站起来，别躺在地上出丑了。
"Overall, too much variety may mean, as suggested by our findings, that people put off making a decision," Lenton said.
“我们的发现表明，总的说来，种类太多可能意味着人们会推迟做决定，”莱顿说。
That change persists even after the current is switched off, making it possible to build an extremely low-power device.
即使是切断电源，改变仍再在继续，这使得建立极低功率设备成为可能。
The EU must also continue to object forcefully to the gas cut-off, making clear that it undermines Russia’s credibility as a reliable energy supplier.
欧盟也必须继续强力反对切断供气的行为，阐明这样会逐渐削弱俄罗斯作为一家可靠的能源供应国的信誉。
In those cases he thinks you're better off making the change and talking about it when you have results to show.
在这种情况下，他认为最好先行动起来，等你有了结果以后通过结果来谈改变。
Although it can be tempting to isolate yourself when you're feeling unhappy, you're better off making plans with friends or family.
尽管不开心的时候自己一个人呆着有时也挺好，但和朋友或家人谈谈打算更有好处。
Early LCDs were also slow at switching their "pixels" (picture elements) on and off, making moving images appear as smeared objects.
早期的液晶显示器在切换像素时也很缓慢，无法清晰地显示移动的影像。
Its front-side LCD screen isn't visible when the camera is turned off, making for a surprising experience when you take pictures of friends who can suddenly see themselves.
相机关机时，前面的液晶屏就看不见了，这样当你给朋友拍照片时，他们会突然看到自己的样子，造成惊喜的效果。
I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.
我有我自己亲近大众的方式。我一开始为一家小店设计服装，总是有人来买的。
I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.
我有我自己亲近大众的方式。我一开始为一家小店设计服装，总是有人来买的。
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