"I hate to sound mercenary," Labane said, "but am I getting paid to be in this play of yours?"
“我不愿让自己听起来惟利是图，”拉班说：“但是参与你这出戏演出我会得到报酬吗？”
This year, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do respond to sound.
今年，韩国科学家恰好证明了植物确实会对声音做出反应。
The shift from silent to sound film at the end of the 1920s marks, so far, the most important transformation in motion picture history.
20世纪20年代末无声电影向有声电影的转变标志着迄今为止电影史上最重要的转变。
Once a squeaky, geeky misfit kid himself, his inventing career began at the age of 16, when he devised a dynamic lighting system that could respond to sound.
他曾经是一个吱吱叫的，古怪不合群的孩子，他的发明生涯始于16岁，那时他设计了一种可以对声音做出反应的动态照明系统。
The high costs of converting to sound and the early limitations of sound technology were among the factors that suppressed innovations or retarded advancement in these other areas.
声音转化的高成本和早期声音技术的局限阻碍了这些发明在其所在其他领域的发展。
I wanted to sound him out about a job.
我想就一项工作探探他的口风。
Sorry, I didn't mean to sound flippant.
对不起，我并不是故意油嘴滑舌的。
I don't want to sound like I'm some old fogy.
我不想让自己听上去像一个老古董。
When I saw the smoke, I tried to sound the alarm.
看到烟后，我就设法发出警报。
He tried to sound casual, but I knew he was worried.
他讲话时试图显得不在乎，但我知道他心里着急。
They decided to sound out her interest in the project.
他们决定试探一下她对那个项目的兴趣。
It was meant to sound like an epoch-making declaration.
有意让它听起来像是一个划时代的宣言。
A good way to sound confident is to use short punchy sentences.
一个听上去充满自信的好方式，是要把话说在点子上。
Continuous exposure to sound above 80 decibels could be harmful.
持续曝露于超过80分贝的声音可能有害。
I was only trying to explain; I didn't want to sound patronizing.
我只是想解释一下而已，绝无自诩清高之意。
It is difficult to sound natural or plausible.
这很难听起来自然或可信。
From there, it's up to you to sound the alarm manually.
之后，你可以决定是否手动发出警报。
Pundits who want to sound judicious are fond of warning against generalizing.
那些想让自己听起来明智的专家喜欢警告不要一概而论。
It is very sensitive to vibrations, to sound energy traveling through the seawater.
它对震动和海水中传播的声波都非常敏感。
Recently, though, there have been signs that the medical establishment is trying to sound the alarm.
不过，最近有迹象表明，医疗机构正试图发出警报。
I hate to sound so negative here, but honestly, they are taking credit for things they shouldn't take credit for.
我真不喜欢说这些抱怨的话，但老实说，他们拿到的学分是他们本没有资格获得的。
Before long the speaker realizes that this fantasy is starting to sound a little extreme or maybe a little dangerous.
不久之后，发言者意识到，这个幻景开始听起来有点过头或有点危险了。
If an unknown person enters a home, the camera will send the owner a warning that will cause an alarm to sound on the owner's smartphone.
如果一个不知名的人进入家中，摄像头就会向主人发送警告，并在主人的智能手机上响起警报。
If you don't want to sound impolite, or cause embarrassment or distress of any kind to the person you're talking to, you should learn to use tactful and tentative forms in your English.
如果你不想听起来不礼貌，或对与你谈话的人造成任何形式的尴尬或窘迫，你应该学会在你的英语中使用委婉试探性的话语。
He was starting to sound upset again.
他的声音听来又有些心烦了。
That starts to sound interesting.
开始听起来有趣了。
是不是开始听起来有点熟悉了？
Try to sound objective and rational.
要尽量显得客观合理。
Try to sound objective and rational.
要尽量显得客观合理。
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