A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity.
简单的消费税，比如说，5%，就可以显著减少国家巨大的政府赤字，而且不损害生产力。
The reward for finding, say, a cancer cure is so huge that no one's going to hang it up.
比如说，找到一种癌症疗法的回报是如此之大，以至于没有人会放弃它。
Critics say that huge change is one of the reasons corn prices on global markets have risen 77 percent over a year ago.
批评者说，这种巨大变化正是全球玉米价格在过去一年里猛涨百分之77的原因之一。
For all its glitz, they say, this week's huge summit was largely a restatement of policies that have been languishing because they are unenforceable.
尽管峰会光芒四射，但他们说本周的峰会在很大程度是在重申过去提出的政策，而这些政策由于可行性差而成效甚微。
Under that argument, academics say the giant reptiles mostly froze or starved to death when a huge cloud of particles kicked up by the meteorite blocked the world's sunlight for months.
根据这种观点，学者们认为当陨星扬起的巨大粒子云挡住了阳光，阳光长达数月无法照射到地球上时，这种大型爬行动物大部分被冻死或饿死。
Congress, the specialists say, should find additional money to pay for primary care and should not redistribute dollars among doctors - a difficult argument at a time of huge budget deficits.
医疗专家们说，国会应该寻找更多的资金来支付初级保健，而不应该是在医生之间重新分配资金——在巨大的预算赤字面前，这将是一个困难的辩论。
That's not to say that there's a huge fitness chasm between singles and married couples.
这并不是说单身人士和已婚夫妻在健康方面存在天壤之别。
Agencies say they've seen a huge rise in pre-matrimonial investigations to check a suitor's background, because more people are meeting online and families are less involved.
很多侦探事务所表示，由于越来越多的人是通过网络相识，而家庭成员很少参与，所以婚前对追求者的调查需求才会大大增加。
The patients have told us it has been a massive life changing experience. The mothers and the children say it has taken away a huge fear that had been looming over them.
坚果是最常见能造成严重甚至致命性过敏反应的食物，接受治疗的患者告诉我们他们经历了人生的重大转变，一些母亲和患儿说这使她们摆脱了长期笼罩在她们心里的巨大恐惧感。
The technology giant has long been a champion of open standards—not least, many say, because it makes most of its money from its huge services arm.
这个技术巨头长期以来一直都是开放式的标准的倡导者，据说很大程度上是因为该公司的利润大多来自于其服务部门。
It was a huge market opportunity to go out to concert venues and say Hey, you can make a lot of money.
那是一个很庞大的市场，如果我们去音乐会现场，告诉他们，你们可以赚更多的钱。
Normally such papers are handed to "black children", as offspring like Mr Yang's are commonly known, only on payment of a huge fine (or fee, as officials say).
通常这类文件是为像杨先生孩子这类“黑孩”准备的，需要支付巨额罚金(或收费，像官方所谓的)。
Normally such papers are handed to "black children", as offsprings like Mr Yang's are commonly known, only on payment of a huge fine (or fee, as officials say).
这种登记本通常发给“黑孩子”，象大家都知道的杨先生的孩子，只能交巨额罚款(或者交一笔费用，官方称)。
American environmentalists say it is not worth quibbling about a few percentage points, given the huge sweep of the package and its swift passage.
美国环保人士说，鉴于方案的巨大影响和快速通过，为几个百分点争论不休不值得。
The whole country only has 824 schools and 2 universities - unnecessary to say illiteracy is a huge problem.
整个国家只有824所学校和2所大学-这里就不用解释为什么会有那么多的文盲了。
But you don't have to get much market share to be a huge winner in this space -every 1%, they say, is worth a cool billion dollars.
在搜索市场，您不须得到巨大的市场份额，哪怕是每1%，他们说，都将会是令人惊叹的十亿美元！
While those in favor of the much-anticipated deal with Taiwan’s giant neighbor say there will be massive gains, others fear it will wipe out jobs on a huge scale.
虽然那些希望着跟大陆达成期盼已久的协议的人们说，达成经贸协议将会有巨大的收益，但其他人担心，这将减少大量的就业机会。
The Aircruise's designers say that it would take a huge amount of money to actually build such a thing and at its current stage, it's only a feasibility study.
空气巡洋舰的设计者说，在现阶段，实际建造这样一艘飞船将会花费巨量的资金，因此这只是一项可行性研究。
Until the internet came along, many criminals pursued a “blockbuster” approach: They were always on the lookout for a single heist—say, a bank robbery—that could provide a huge payoff.
互联网出现之前，犯罪者致力于做“大买卖”：他们总是不断寻找单次作案机会，比如，实施一次银行抢劫，就可能会给他们带来巨大的回报。
United has a huge following in Asia and analysts say there would an enormous appetite for the shares in the event of an initial public offering (IPO).
曼联在亚洲有庞大的跟风者，分析家认为亚洲将会是曼联首次上市巨大胃口的所在。
The cast can't be huge; otherwise, each character will have little to say in a minute or so.
演员表不要太长，否则每个人物在一分钟内说不上什么话。
Besides the money, another huge obstacle to a complete understanding of the animal kingdom is a global shortage of taxonomists, experts say.
一些专家还指出，除了这笔钱之外，另一个让科学家们不能完全了解动物王国的巨大障碍就是分类学家在全球范围内都十分紧缺。
No matter what you have going on after, it's a huge red flag if you say you don't have time.
无论你有什么事要，如果你说没时间做，那对你很不利。
We’ve gotten to know each other better and I’ve been able to get to know her (now) husband and he’s such a fantastic person, to say I’m happy for both of them would be a huge understatement.
我们更加了解彼此，我也认识了她现任老公一个绝顶好男人，我真心为他们高兴。
After the huge public campaigning efforts of the 1980s, we have let a generation of young people grow up ignorant - more than a third say they cannot recall ever seeing an advert on the infection.
在20世纪80年代大规模公众宣传活动之后，一代年轻人却在无知中成长——超过三分之一的年轻人回想不起是否曾经看过有关艾滋病感染的广告。
Let us say for example that we have a database table that contains a huge number of columns consisting of esoteric names like l_nme and f_nme.
例如我们假设有一个数据库表，其中包含大量的列，这些列由类似l_nme和f_nme这样的抽象名称组成。
Your look, language, and likeable personality will have a huge impact on whether people accept what you say.
你的脸色、语言、亲和度将对人们是否接受你的话语起到巨大冲击。
“On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say we were negative during the first half of the year, ” he said. “Now, we’re at 0.5 or 1 — not huge, but better, and definitely stronger than in the Americas and Europe.”
“如果从1至10分来衡量，我会说上半年我们是负数，”他说，“现在，我们在0.5或1的位置——不多，但好转了，而且肯定比美国和欧洲要强。”
“On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say we were negative during the first half of the year, ” he said. “Now, we’re at 0.5 or 1 — not huge, but better, and definitely stronger than in the Americas and Europe.”
“如果从1至10分来衡量，我会说上半年我们是负数，”他说，“现在，我们在0.5或1的位置——不多，但好转了，而且肯定比美国和欧洲要强。”
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