Strong public opposition to their renewal was common even before 1999, but it was based on safety considerations, not on environmental ones.
即使在1999年之前,他们的更新也时常引起公众强烈的反对,但这是基于安全考虑,而不是基于环境考虑。
Tinette had not even told the child, for she thought it beneath her dignity to speak to the vulgar Heidi.
蒂奈特甚至没有告诉孩子,因为她觉得和粗俗的海蒂说话有失身份。
We do not even know, for example, how many stars have planets, and we certainly do not know how likely it is that life will arise naturally, given the right conditions.
例如,我们甚至不知道有多少恒星有行星,我们当然也不知道如果有适当的条件,生命自然出现的可能性有多大。
Mammals do have the ability to regulate their body temperature, but not all can do it to the same degree, or even the same way.
哺乳动物确实有调节它们体温的能力,但并不是所有哺乳动物都能做到同样的程度,或甚至以同样的方式调节体温。
Even if Earth's surface were not actually sterilized by this bombardment, it is unlikely that any but the most primitive life-forms could have survived.
即使地球表面并没有被这种轰炸所灭绝,但除了最原始的生命形式之外,几乎不可能有其他生命形式幸存下来。
"Why would you ever want to clone humans," Westhusin asks, "when we're not even close to getting it worked out in animals yet?"
“为什么你想要克隆人类,”威斯苏森问道,“而我们甚至还没有成功克隆动物呢?”
The three-stage life of full-time education, followed by continuous work, and then complete retirement may have worked for our parents or even grandparents, but it is not relevant today.
全日制三阶段式教育之后是持续的工作,然后是完全退休,这个模式或许适用于我们的父母甚至祖父母,但不适用于现今的世界。
Improvement won't come easily, it won't come overnight and there are limits beyond which not even science can take us.
改进不会一蹴而就,也不会一夜之间就发生,而且即使是科学也有无法超越的限制。
Even assuming this to be in principle possible, it will not be achieved soon.
即使假定这在理论上是可能的,它也不会很快就能实现。
Even on first acquaintance it was clear that he was not 'the right type'.
初次见面就看出他显然不是“对路子的人”。
In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production.
1989年咖啡的价格跌得那么低,以致在许多国家还抵不上其生产成本。
Even if he bores you stiff, it is good manners not to let him know it.
即使他把你烦透了,出于礼貌你也不能让他看出来。
Their insurer paid the $900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it.
他们的保险公司赔付了他们$900,尽管保单并没有严格保到此项。
Even if polluted air does not kill us, it can make us very sick.
即使污染的空气不会杀死我们,它也会使我们生重病。
In fact, in some pagoda designs, it does not even rest on the ground, but is suspended from the top of the pagoda—hanging loosely down through the middle of the building.
事实上,在一些宝塔的设计中,它甚至不停留在地面上,而是从塔顶悬吊下来——松散地悬挂在建筑的中间。
Even if the oil spill was not the direct cause of dolphins' death, it still could be a factor.
即使石油泄漏不是海豚死亡的直接原因,它仍可能是一个因素。
I suppose it will be for the best, even if I shall not live to see the day!
即使我活不到那一天,我想那也是最好的结果!
It does not cost much to scrape it up, and the expense comes in moving costs from mine to market. Even so, Australia can produce iron ore for $25 a tonne.
开采成本本身不高,而且外部投资正在将成本从矿山转移到市场。即便如此,澳大利亚可以以每吨25澳元的价格成本生产铁矿石。
Even though bait meant trouble, you could not ignore it forever.
即使诱饵意味着麻烦,你也不能永远忽视它。
She encouraged the class not to stress or even study, promising that, "It is going to be a piece of cake".
她鼓励全班同学不要紧张,甚至不要复习,并承诺说:“考试将会很容易”。
In addition to all that, it is not even clear that assisted migration or any migration for that matter, will help at least for some species.
除此之外,我们甚至不清楚辅助迁移或任何相关的迁移是否至少对某些物种是有帮助的。
"That's what Joey said, " Patty told them, "He said it was just a word and not even a bad word."
“乔伊也是这么说的,”帕蒂告诉大家:“他说那只不过是个词而已,而且还算不得什么坏词。”
It's not easy to write about music, even for people who are supposedly expert at it.
写关于音乐的文章并不容易,即使对那些被认为是音乐专家的人来说也是如此。
Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you avoid getting sick this winter.
不管你信不信,一个温暖的拥抱甚至可能让你在冬季免于疾病。
Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers, even if it is not asked.
即使没有人要求,也要参加新志愿者的培训会议。
Even on wet days it could not be said that Mary and Colin were dull.
即使在雨天,玛丽和科林也不无聊。
When Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com in Feb. 2004, even he could not imagine the forces it would let loose.
哈佛学生马克·扎克伯格2004年2月推出 thefacebook.com 网站时,就连他也无法想象它会释放出怎样的力量。
It made him very cross that he was not even able to get near her.
他甚至没法儿接近她,这使他非常生气。
If it requires even a little of your energy or time, you'll end up not doing and the dreared whoosh will come again.
即使它只需要一点点你的时间和精力,你还是会什么都不做,然后可怕的呼啸声又将到来。
Fossilized remains of Acanthostega, a primitive fish, reveal that even though the animal had rudimentary limbs, it could not walk on land.
棘螈是一种原始鱼类,它的化石遗迹显示,尽管棘螈有基本的四肢,但它却不能在陆地上行走。
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