It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.
有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。
Ancient alchemists believed that, under the correct astrological conditions, lead could be "perfected" into gold.
古时候的炼金术士相信在正确的占星术情况下，铅会“完美地”转变为黄金。
After experimenting for eight days, he discovered that firing powdered graphite with clay would work, and the hardness of the pencil lead could be varied by varying the ratio of graphite to clay.
他做了八天实验，发觉把石墨粉末和黏土一起烧，就可奏效。笔芯的硬度还会依石墨和黏土的比例而改变。
Our brains are filled with all sorts of details that might not be part of other people's, which could lead to disappointment for us.
我们的大脑填满了各种各样的细节，而它们可能不是别人的一部分，这可能会让我们失望。
Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines.
巧克力中的某些成分可以用来止咳，并产生更有效的药物。
It could also lead to servers that can be powered down, when not in use.
如果断电也可以确保信息不丢失，那么当服务器不用的时候，也可以断电。
A wider testing field could lead to new features and unique ways of navigating the website. One reward could be a deeper bond with your website's regular visitors and fans.
更广泛领域的测试可能会产生新的特色和浏览网站的特殊方式，这样做的回报可能就是你的网站常客和粉丝更加忠实于你的网站。
People familiar with the Pru's negotiations said China Life could contribute to the fundraising but it was unlikely to be the lead investor on any deal.
了解保诚谈判过程的人士表示，中国人寿可能参与筹集资金，但在任何一笔交易中都不太可能成为主要投资者。
I felt angst about what it could lead to: Did I want to be an artist?
我为可能的结果感到焦虑：我要成为一名艺术家吗？
If you run hard every day, you will just continually break your muscles down, and improvement will be slow and difficult -and it could lead to burnout or injury.
如果你每天都跑到精疲力尽，你会中断肌肉的生长，提高肌肉将是更慢更难的事情，甚至肌肉会因此受到伤害。
But it will require a little more modelling to ensure that this kind of group control doesn't lead to other emergent behaviour that could be detrimental.
然而这套系统还需要一点建模来保证这种群体控制不会导致其他我们不想看到的情况。
Lead researcher Pieter van Dokkum says there could be trillions of Earths orbiting the ubiquitous red dwarfs.
首席科学家皮特·范·多克姆表示，宇宙中可能有数以万亿计如地球这样的行星绕着广泛存在的红矮星。
Nestle declined to say which foods its research might lead to, although Dr. Watzke says a hypothetical example could be a vegetable oil that could go in a dressing or be used for cooking.
雀巢公司并没有说这种食品到底将以什么形式出现，尽管Watzke博士说一种可能的例子可能是可以用做调味品或者烹饪的植物油。
For example, Component1 could be an order-preparation component, method2 a method to determine lead times, and method3 a method to determine prices.
例如，Component1可以是订单准备组件，method2可以是决定交货期的方法，method3可以是决定价格的方法。
If beneficial, this flexibility could be passed on to offspring and so can lead to the evolution of new features in a species.
如果是有利的，这种灵活性可以被传递给后代，这样就可以导致种群中新特性的进化。
All of our staff must be empowered to identify errors and situations that could lead to errors without fear of retribution.
在没有害怕报复的前提下，我们所有的员工必须被授权来鉴定错误可能导致错误的情形。
Although developer branches could be implemented, as we have discussed, this can lead to other issues.
虽然开发人员分支不能实现，如我们已经讨论过的，但这可以导致其他的问题。
Or it could lead to "environmental sensors that could be scattered like dust in the air," he says.
或者，它能够促使人们制造“能够像粉尘一样散发到空中的环境传感器，”他说。
A new study finds that belly fat could be making you hungrier. Which would lead to more belly fat.
一个新的研究表明肚子上的肥肉可能会让你更加饥饿，并将导致更多的肥肉。
However, failure to seize this opportunity to train them more effectively for the workplace, and to be active citizens, could lead to widespread disillusionment and social tensions.
然而，如果不抓住这个机会对他们进行更有效的就业培训，并引导他们成为积极的公民，就有可能导致广泛的希望幻灭和社会紧张。
If they can satisfy such demanding users, lead-acid batteries with a dash of carbon could be ready to lead a new charge.
如果这些电池可以满足如此需求的用户，有少量碳的铅酸电池可能导致一个新的收费。
Some executives argue that the recent slowdown could be because companies are over-reacting to new uncertainties, which could lead activity to swing back once some form of confidence returns.
一些高管提出，近期经济放缓可能是因为企业对新的不确定性反应过度；一旦信心有所恢复，经济活动将随之回暖。
There are also fears that any drilling could lead to oil spills which would be impossible to clean up amid the Arctic's broken sea ice.
还有人担心，任何钻探都可能导致石油泄漏，而散布在北极破碎的海冰中的石油不可能清理干净。
This might lead to the formation of hydrates, which could be unstable if disturbed, and it might also lead to a lake of CO2 on the ocean floor which would be acidic at the margins.
这可能导致水合物的形成，如果水合物被搅动，它也是不稳定的，而且它也可能在海底产生大量的CO2，使边缘部分呈酸性。
This level could be used, for example, with billing systems where duplicate or lost messages could lead to incorrect charges being applied.
这一级别可用于如下情况，在计费系统中，消息重复或丢失会导致不正确的结果。
A typical artwork change management scenario could be that the marketing lead initiates a change request in support of the development of a new line of ice cream.
一个典型的美术品更改管理场景是：市场营销主管发起一个更改请求，以便支持一个新品种冰激凌的开发。
So long as Asia keeps doing well, Thailand will not be as badly hurt and Asia could lead the recovery this time pretty much for the entire world.
所以只要亚洲情况保持良好，泰国受到的冲击就不会那么大。 亚洲这次很有可能会带动全球走出经济危机。
In the long run, such research could lead to new ways to treat people for high cholesterol or detect who may be at risk for heart disease.
长远来看，这项研究能够寻找到治疗高胆固醇的新方法，或者检测哪些人有罹患心脏病的风险。
If the advertisement put up by a company fails to honor the advertised effects, it would be termed as fraud, thus violating the law which could lead to really serious result.
如果一家公司打出的一则广告未能产生广告词所宣称的效果就会被定性为欺诈，由此便会违法，导致极为严重的后果。
If the advertisement put up by a company fails to honor the advertised effects, it would be termed as fraud, thus violating the law which could lead to really serious result.
如果一家公司打出的一则广告未能产生广告词所宣称的效果就会被定性为欺诈，由此便会违法，导致极为严重的后果。
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