But he was dead, whether from old age, or because he was no longer needed.
然而隐士却死了，不知道他是老死的，还是因为自觉已无用处而死的。
The killer murdered someone, not in self-defense, or because he was reacting to anger or fear.
这名杀手谋杀了一个人，并非出于自卫，也不是因为愤怒或恐惧。
The killer murmured someone, not in self-defense, or because he was reacting to anger or fear.
这个杀手杀了人，不是出于自卫，或者是出于愤怒或者恐惧的（本能）反应。
Maybe this is because he often goes to bed very late, or because he doesn't have correct eating habits.
也许这是因为他常常很晚睡，或因为他没有良好的饮食习惯。
We don't know whether this was because he didn't want to take the chance or because he believed in the categorical moral principles.
我们不知道这是否是因为他不想冒这个险，还是因为他相信绝对的道德原则。
Whether it had been built that way, or because he had used magical trickery to make it so, Slughorn's office was much larger than the usual teacher's study.
不知道是本来如此，还是因为施了魔法，斯拉格霍恩的办公室比一般教师的房间大得多。
Usually, it's the photographer who does the editing, either because he thinks he'll get a better picture or because he believes it will deliver a stronger message.
通常，编辑照片的人是摄影师，要么是因为他认为他会得到更好的图片或者因为他相信它将会传达更强烈的信息。
Either because the credit amount is too large, or because he does not fully trust the opening bank, sometimes the exporter may require a confirmed letter of credit.
要么因为信用证金额过大，要么因为对开征行不完全信任，出口商有时可能需要保兑的信用证。
And when someone finds ours - whether inadvertently, with a stray arrow, or because he is hoping to hurt us - it becomes even harder to stay out of the combat mentality.
如果有些人发现我们的弱点(不管是不是偶然发现的)，想用一堆乱箭伤害我们，这时双方的谈话就很难避免争吵。
The Order is sure Voldemort will target you, whether to torture you to try and find out where I am, or because he thinks by holding you hostage I'd come and try to rescue you.
凤凰社相信伏地魔会把目标锁定你们，或者折磨你们，拷问我的下落，或者以为把你们扣为人质我就会赶去援救。
And if he persists, and if he to present himself to the registrar, he may be disqualified because he did not spell out his middle name or because he abbreviated a word on the application.
如果他坚持，如果他介绍他自己给登记员，他可能被取消登记的资格，因为他没有清楚的说明白他的中间名或因为他申请表中简短的语言。
Although he continued to refine the theory, he was reluctant to publish, either because he feared ridicule for such an outlandish suggestion, or because he worried about a reaction from the church.
尽管他不停地完善理论，他却极力不去发表，一是因为他害怕这个古怪的提议会被人嘲笑，二是因为他担心教堂会对此有所作为。
Sharing the latest rumor can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don't.
分享最新的谣言会让一个人觉得自己很重要，因为他或她知道别人不知道的事情。
If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause.
如果任何一个肤色或种族的孩子在学校表现不好，在我们看来，知晓这是否是因为他或她的智商低还是其他因素是非常重要的。
Brother A said he couldn't offer it at a bank or anywhere else, because he would be arrested on the spot.
A哥哥说他不能在银行或其他任何地方提供，因为他会被当场逮捕。
Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or they eat in front of television.
他解释说，家人在一起吃饭的次数减少了，越来越多的人独自吃饭，这要么是因为他们单身，要么是因为他们边看电视边吃饭。
My hero is the scientist Albert Einstein because he never brushed his hair or wore socks.
我的英雄是科学家阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦，因为他从不梳头，也不穿袜子。
It is because it can hold the head of a friend or a relative when he or she cries.
因为当朋友或亲戚哭泣时，它可以支撑他们的头。
Though he acknowledges that engineering works can fail because the person who thought them up or engineered them simply got things wrong, in this book Dr. Petroski widens his view to consider the larger context in which such failures occur.
尽管彼得罗斯基博士承认，由于设计工程项目或实施项目的人会犯错，工程项目可能会失败，但他在这一本书中进一步拓宽了自己的观点，将更多可能导致失败的因素考虑了进来。
This is not because you feel he (or she?) deserves a break - it isn't your job to play social engineer.
这不是因为你觉得他(或她？)应该得到这个机会——扮演社会工程师不是你的职责。
Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?
你感到被上帝关爱，是你因为你相信他为你做了很多事，还是因为你相信他赋予了你去从他那里得到很多的自由和力量？
Or Paul fell over because he was trying to make the children laugh. So you see one is a rational explanation and another is a causal explanation.
或者保罗倒了是因为,他试图去让孩子们发笑,你明白一个是理性的解释，另一个是因果关系。
No applicant who gains admission, officials say, should feel pressured to go elsewhere because he or she can't afford the fees.
招生办的人说，获得入学资格的申请人不会因为他或她付不起学费而备感压力，从而改上其他学校。
Whether he's shed tears while watching the Notebook or because his dog died, he feels like he can be vulnerable around you.
不管他是在看电影[笔记本]，还是因为狗死了流眼泪，他觉得他可以在你面前脆弱。
You often hear a lot of people try to take away other climbers' ascents because he or she "had" to lose weight to send the route.
当听到某个攀岩者因为“曾经”减轻体重才完攀的路线，许多人对他或她的成功并不心服口服。
I'm not sure if it was because he was getting too comfortable or because his adolescent skinny boy metabolism was just growing into middle-aged fat man metabolism.
我不能肯定这是因为他过得太舒适了，还是因为他那种青少年时期的小瘦子的新陈代谢系统直接过渡到了中年胖男人的新陈代谢系统。
I'm not sure if it was because he was getting too comfortable or because his adolescent skinny boy metabolism was just growing into middle-aged fat man metabolism.
我不能肯定这是因为他过得太舒适了，还是因为他那种青少年时期的小瘦子的新陈代谢系统直接过渡到了中年胖男人的新陈代谢系统。
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