As for it being a good thing, the potential for inherited disease in children of related individuals, or people from small communities, tells us that inbreeding is generally not a great idea.
至于说它是一件好事，在相关个人或来自小族群人们的孩子中潜在的遗传疾病告诉我们，近亲繁殖通常不是好主意。
No dessert for me, thanks. It was as much as I could do to finish the main course.
谢谢，别给我甜食了。我吃完这道主菜就不错了。
Enjoy the first hour of the day. This is important as it sets the mood for the rest of the day.
享受一天中的第一个小时。这很重要，因为这第一个小时决定当天其余时间的情绪。
The plane took off for L.A., lost an engine as it climbed, and crashed just off the runway.
那架飞机起飞前往洛杉矶，在升空时掉了一个引擎，就在跑道边上坠机了。
I thought the movie would be good for my English, but as it turned out, it was an Italian movie.
我原以为这部电影会对我的英语有好处，但这却是一个意大利的电影。
As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population.
至于技艺本身，问题在于如何在普通大众中将它作为一种有价值的技能保留。
As a possible home for alien life, it has been voted the planet least likely to succeed.
作为外星生命可能生活的家园，它被认为是最不可能有生命的星球。
A loader is not the most efficient machine for digging as it cannot dig very deep below the level of its wheels as a backhoe can.
装载机不是最有效的机械，因为装载机不像挖土机那样能挖得比轮子深。
In the spring they pulled the house down, for, as people said, it was a ruin.
到了春天，他们把房子拆掉了，因为正如人们所说，这是一处废墟。
He seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative.
他似乎理所当然地认为他应当作为代表发言。
The flexibility of the lens decreases with age; it is therefore common for our sight to worsen as we get older.
眼球晶状体的柔韧性随着年龄的增长而降低；因此普遍的情况是随着我们年纪变老，我们的视力就会变差。
It was only as she tried for the second time that she realized that there was no dialling tone.
当她第二次拨号时，才意识到没有拨号音。
I started work as a journalist and it was downhill all the way for my health.
我开始当记者后，身体每况愈下。
They will stay on the job for as long as it takes to clear every dealer from the street.
他们将坚持工作，直到街道上所有的毒品贩子都被清除。
It is illegal to dishonour reservations; that goes for restaurants as well as customers.
不履行预订是违法的；这既适用于顾客，也适用于饭店。
Promising as it is for minority businesses, this increased patronage poses dangers for them, too.
虽然这对少数民族企业是有希望的，但增加的赞助也给他们带来了危险。
As Carol said, bats use it for navigation and orientation.
正如卡罗尔所说，蝙蝠用它来导航和定位。
I think of it as preventive medicine for age-related conditions.
我认为这是一款预防与衰老相关疾病的药物。
Machiavelli, he notes, concluded that "one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved."
他指出Machiavelli 总结说： “一个人应该既让人敬畏又让人爱戴，但由于两者很难同时存在，因此让人敬畏比让人爱戴要安全得多。”
The weather is terrible, particularly in winter, and there's no interesting old city to make up for it, as there is in Boston.
那里天气很糟糕，尤其是在冬天，而且没有像波士顿内的城区这样有趣的古城区来弥补这一缺陷。
The closer it came in pitch to the first one, the hard it became for the dolphin to correctly identify it as low.
它的音高越接近第一个音高，对海豚来说就越难辨别出它是低音。
That storm has been brewing for some time, and as it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a response.
这场风暴已经酝酿了一段时间，随着风暴达到烈风级别，大多数大型零售商都在寻找应对措施。
For example, Newman accepts it would be hard for a city as hilly as Auckland to develop a really good rail network.
例如，纽曼承认像奥克兰那样的丘陵城市建设一个良好的铁路网将是很困难的。
With many more women than men choosing to leave the workforce entirely to raise families, returning from an extended parental leave doesn't raise as many eyebrows as it does for men.
由于选择彻底离岗来照顾家人的女性比男性多得多，因此女性休完延长的育婴假返回工作岗位时并不会像男性那样引人瞩目。
But with many more women than men choosing to leave the workforce entirely to raise families, returning from an extended parental leave doesn't raise as many eyebrows as it does for men.
但由于选择彻底离开工作岗位来照顾家人的女性比男性多得多，因此女性休完延长的育婴假返回工作岗位并不会像男性返岗那样引人侧目。
As I said, variety is important, and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.
正如我所说，多样性很重要，至于我不喜欢什么，那就是检查图表和表格。
As I said, variety is important and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking of charts and tables.
正如我所说的，多样性很重要，至于我不喜欢什么，那就是检查图表和表格。
As for London, in the Victorian period, it had problems with its air.
至于伦敦，在维多利亚时期，它的空气有问题。
If you come in for a chat, as we arranged, we'll take it from there.
如果你照之前的安排过来聊天，那我们到时再看情况吧。
As long as your competitor is up for the challenge, you might as well go for it.
只要您的竞争对手愿意接受挑战，您也可以坚持下去。
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