By the 16th century, a pendulum clock had been devised, but the pendulum swung in a large arc and thus was not very efficient.
到了16世纪，人们发明了摆钟，但钟摆摆动的幅度很大，因此效率不高。
Unlike the original form used in early pendulum clocks, the anchor escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in a very small arc.
与在早期摆钟中使用的原始形式不同，锚擒纵装置允许钟摆沿非常小的弧线运动。
In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods.
教育界又恢复了传统教学法。
Let's start with the pendulum.
让我们以摆开始。
现在看钟摆。
这是摆锤。
For the pendulum, center of mass is here.
对摆来说，重心在这里。
Here is the pendulum, the torsional pendulum.
这是摆，这里是扭摆。
I predict that the pendulum is about to swing back.
我预计钟摆会摆回来的。
But now the pendulum seems to be swinging the other way.
但现在钟摆似乎转到另一方向去了。
Maybe they give in, and the pendulum swings back into sweetness.
也许他们会屈服，然后钟摆会摆回原来的甜蜜。
Right now, the pendulum has swung way over to the bad guys' side.
当下，天平可是倾向坏家伙那边去了。
But slowly and surely the pendulum began to swing back the other way.
不过慢慢地，天平开始朝着另一个方向倾斜了。
In the last few decades, however, the pendulum has swung the other way.
然而在过去的几十年里，观念的钟摆摆到了另一侧。
But in the recent decades, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.
但最近一二十年，钟摆转到相反的方向去了。
That's how the clock runs, by the pendulum moving from one extreme to the other.
时钟的工作就是依靠钟摆从一个极端摆向另一个极端。
With the global economic recession, the pendulum for economic growth has shifted to Asia.
在全球经济衰退的背景下，经济增长的中心已经转移到了亚洲。
Government ownership was viewed as something negative but the pendulum is swinging the other way.
国有制曾被视为负面的，但是现在钟摆已经向另外一个方向摆去了。
That is how the human mind works: it works like the pendulum of a clock, from one end to the other end.
人类的头脑就是那样运作的：它像一个钟摆，从一端摆到另一端。
At first this meant that clocks were set on shelves high on the wall with a hole cut in the shelf for the pendulum to hang through.
因为有长钟摆，最初的时钟是放在墙上的搁板上，再在搁板上钻个洞把长钟摆穿过去。
One can never know how the pendulum will swing: our middle-class grandparents sold their pianos and now the grand children are buying them back.
人们永远无法知道时尚变化的规律：我们中产阶级的祖父母卖掉了钢琴，而现在他们的孙子去又将钢琴买回来了。
Rhythmic swings of the pendulum or instantaneous water flow may easily bring a person into a trance condition, helping him to dive into the personal inner world.
钟摆有节奏的摆动或者瞬时的水流也许很容易让人精神恍惚，有助于他投入到个人内心世界之中。
He said: "Excessive deregulation has inflicted enormous losses on the general public and there is a real danger that the pendulum will swing too far the other way."
他说：“过度放松的管制把巨额损失强加给了普通公众，但如果矫枉过正，也会造成真正的危机。”
Experts now realize that efforts to correct past dietary SINS that made heart disease and stroke runaway killers have caused the pendulum to swing too far in the wrong direction.
专家们现在认识到，人们为了避免心脏病和中风而努力纠正既往的饮食误区，结果矫枉过正，走向了另一个错误的方向。
HOW dramatically the pendulum of fear has swung in the past year-from worries about the fragile recovery, to panic about the level of the national debt, and back to anxiety about growth again.
过去一年，人们的恐惧犹如一只钟摆摇摆不定，极其引人注目。他们一会担心经济恢复过于脆弱，一会惊忧国债水平，然后又继续为经济增长而焦虑。
The pendulum swings on and on.
钟摆不停地来回摆动。
The pendulum swings on and on.
钟摆不停地来回摆动。
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