一位联合国官员表示，他认为对于制裁是否能够起到作用这个问题，尚无定论。
A UN official said he thought it was an open question whether sanctions would do any good.
后来一些天文学家提出，大气中的氨可能起到温室气体的作用。
Then some astronomers came up with the idea that atmospheric ammonia might have acted as a greenhouse gas.
克拉克的意思是，图书馆已经从简单的书籍存放仓库转变为一种媒介，它能够起到“弥合富人和穷人之间的鸿沟“的作用。
What Clark means is that libraries have shifted from simply being storehouses of books to a medium to help "bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots".
基督在这里的角色是一个哑巴，一个婴儿，我认为，他对弥尔顿起到了很重要的作用。
In his role here as a mute, as an infant, Christ is serving, I think, an important function for Milton.
最近，我们测试了这种激素在大脑外部起到一种作用的可能性。
Recently, we tested the possibility that one of the hormone's actions outside the brain might be responsible.
遗传在决定偏侧性方面起到了一定作用，但环境因素（对偏侧性）也有影响。
Genetics plays a part in determining lateralisation, but environmental factors have an impact too.
一位交通专家告诉记者，就业的增长可能也起到了一定作用，再加上一些人通勤距离加长。
A transportation expert told the reporter that job growth likely plays a part as well, along with some people driving longer distances to and from work.
他把所有的猎人召集在一起，命令他们和他一起到森林里去。
He summoned all the huntsmen together, and bade them go out into the forest with him.
这只需要出一点点力，却能起到很大的作用。
作者描述了他早年间在一家小农场的幸福生活，以及周游乡村对他成为作家所起到的帮助。
The writer describes his happy early life on a small farm, and how travelling around the countryside helped him to become a writer.
然而现在，仅是看到一张重要的人的照片，就能起到类似的作用。
Here, however, we are seeing that just a photo of one's significant other can have the same effect.
南方传统对地区经济繁荣也起到了一定的作用。
Southerners have prospered in part by playing to their traditional strengths.
但是为了生存，我还得对付伴随着抑郁症一起到来的精神病。
But to survive this, I also have to deal with the psychosis I get with the depression.
即使这样，已经过去几个月的争论还是起到了一些积极作用的。
Even so, the arguments of the past few months have served a useful purpose.
阳光就是损坏家具的因素之一，将家具覆盖起来，可以起到很好的保护作用。
The sun is also another factor that can damage your furniture and covering it protects it as well.
他们一起到了煤气炉旁。
并没有证据显示百度在隐瞒这一发现中起到了作用。
There is no proof that Baidu played a part in concealing the discovery.
在这方面，这一工具将起到在婴幼儿中减少死亡和疾病的作用。
In this regard, this tool will serve to reduce death and disease in infants and young children.
管理过程在决定建议如何推进至成熟中起到了一个重要的作用。
The governance process plays a significant role in determining how proposals will be advanced in maturity.
她说，“家庭聚餐，作为一种惯例本身，可以起到一种示范健康饮食行为的机械作用。”
"Family dinner, as a ritual in itself, can act as a mechanism to model healthy eating behaviors," she says.
无论未来怎样，人才和对于技术的理解一样将起到关键作用。
Whatever the future, it is talent that will matter, as well as an understanding of technology.
无疑，禽流感给人们带来的担心起到一定的作用。
The concern generated by avian influenza undoubtedly played a part.
但中国的严格监管也起到了一定作用。
你能够有一些什么样的选择，又能够起到多大的作用呢？
What kinds of choices would you have and how much of a difference could you make?
机场跑道两侧的激光起到一些类似雷达的作用。
如果使用者开始狼吞虎咽，红线就会偏离蓝线，起到一种警示作用。
If the user guzzles, the red line angles away from the blue one, warning them to ease off.
有研究表明，世界上一些地区的猴子也在传播上起到类似作用。
Some studies have shown that monkeys in some parts of the world play a similar role in transmission.
作为回应采取了一些措施，比如限制出口，起到了强烈的反作用。
Some of the measures taken in response, such as export restrictions, have been highly counter-productive.
许多争论忽视了更加基本的问题：这些指南能否起到一些作用呢？
Much of the battle has missed the more basic question: Could guidelines of some kind help?
瑜伽垫很有用，因为它起到一定的缓冲作用，并防止脚部滑动。
A yoga matcan be helpful because it cushionsa bit and keeps your feet from slipping.
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