During the cold war, when nuclear tensions were at their height, rampaging B-movie monsters were the result of accidental exposure to radiation; nowadays plague seems a greater threat to humanity.
在核问题高度紧张的冷战期间，肆意猖狂的次级电影怪物是由于意外遭受核辐射而产生的；而如今似乎瘟疫对人类的威胁更大。
There were the churches—Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian—facing each other at the intersection of Second and Elm like wary sentries, their steeples competing for height.
浸礼会教堂、卫理公会教堂和长老会教堂，在第二大道和榆树大道的交叉口，它们像机警的哨兵一样面对面地矗立着，教堂的尖塔争相往高处伸。
When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
在20世纪50年代末汽车影院最受欢迎的时候，美国大约有4000家汽车影院，但如今，这个数字还不到当时的四分之一。
Doctors often assess a patient's risk of coronary artery disease by looking at their body mass index - a measure that takes into account someone's weight and height.
医生通常会评估身体质量以测量病人罹患换冠心病的风险，这样的一种测量方法需要参考病人的体重和身高。
But the couple also refinanced at the height of the market, taking out cash to buy a truck they used as a contest prize for their hired animal trappers.
然而，这对夫妇在房地产市场对他们最有利之时重新贷款成功，因而他们出钱买了辆卡车，用以奖励他们所雇佣的房产中介人。
At the height of the Enlightenment, the cultural paywall went virtual, when British authors gained the right to create legally protected markets for their works.
在启蒙时代的鼎盛时期，“付费文娱墙”是高尚的，当时英国的作家们为作品，争取到了受法律保护的权利。
The study of more than 700 teachers found that lifting children, working at child-height computers and desks as well as standing all day was contributing to their ills.
这项涉及700余名老师的研究发现，造成老师们背痛和关节痛的原因有以下这些：抱孩子、在儿童用的电脑桌上办公以及整天保持站立的状态。
But some Australians, keen to protect their relaxed beachgoing lifestyle at the height of summer, have reacted angrily to the proposal.
但一些热衷于保护夏季海滩浴自由方式的澳大利亚民众则对该提议极力反对。
Tobacco kills people at the height of their productivity, depriving families of breadwinners and nations of a healthy workforce.
烟草造成年富力强的人死亡，使家庭丧失养家糊口的人和使国家丧失健康的劳动力。
At the same time, 20 per cent of the tall women said they saw their height as a source of "empowerment and authority" compared with just 5 per cent of shorter females.
与此同时，20%的高个女性称她们将她们的身高视作“权利和权威”的源泉，而矮个女性只有5%有这种感受。
If anything, the shotgun marriages that took place at the height of the crisis accelerated this trend, joining many of America’s investment banks with their commercial rivals.
如果前后说有什么区别的话，就是这种在金融危机最严重时达成的“先上车后买票”式的婚姻加速了这一趋势，把许多美国的投资银行和他们的竞争对手结合在了一起。
If anything, the shotgun marriages that took place at the height of the crisis accelerated this trend, joining many of America's investment banks with their commercial rivals.
如果前后说有什么区别的话，就是这种在金融危机最严重时达成的“先上车后买票”式的婚姻加速了这一趋势，把许多美国的投资银行和他们的竞争对手结合在了一起。
Remember that many famous artists threw away canvases that had not "worked", even at the height of their success and artistic proficiency.
请记住，许多著名艺术家扔掉甚至在他们的成功和高度的艺术水平是没有“工作”的画布。
Cabin crew will control the movement of seats, most likely with a tablet or smart phone, while passengers would need to inform airlines of their height at check-in.
座位的移动将由机组人员控制，很可能是通过平板电脑或手机操作，旅客只需在值机时将自己的身高告知航班人员即可。
Elephant seal cows-as many as 6, 000 in October, at the height of their calving season-add to the crush at St. Andrews Bay.
母象海豹，在它们的繁殖季节10月里可多达6000头，让圣安德鲁斯海湾更加喧闹。
But no one at the height of their career, and especially with Juanes's Latin star-power, has taken the risk.
但是没有人在事业的巅峰，尤其是Juanes作为拉丁巨星的身份来做这种冒险。
The Hallquists said that when they met at a church singles club in 2003 they could tell that others around them were sizing upa possible love affair because of their height.
霍尔奎斯特夫妇说，2003年当他们在一个教堂的单身俱乐部相遇时，他们可以察觉到，因为他们的高度，周围的其他人都在估摸着两人也许会擦出火花。
More than 1, 300 men and women in their 50s and 60s had their weight and height measured at the start of the U.S. study and had blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes tests.
在这项研究的一开始，有超过1300名年龄介于50岁和60岁之间的男性女性接受升高以及体重的测量，同时他们还进行了血压、胆固醇水平以及糖尿病方面的测试。
This will be something of a novelty for the Telegraph papers under the Barclays, which saw eight editors in four years at the height of their efforts to reshape the company.
这对巴克莱兄弟名下的《每日电讯报》是项新举措，而在这四年来，每日电讯报的8位主编为重塑公司付出了巨大的努力。
These double height spaces alternate with unenclosed areas and rise around a vertical core, their alignment shifting toward different views at every floor.
这些双高度空间候补与不可抗力造成周围地区和一个垂直的核心，使之转向不同的观点在每一个发言。
Doctors soften assess a patient's risk of coronary artery disease by looking at their body mass index - a measure that takes into account someone's weight and height.
医生通常会评估身体质量以测量病人罹患换冠心病的风险，这样的一种测量方法需要参考病人的体重和身高。
One to be sniffed at, one in which the odd FA Cup success represented the height of their powers.
一个将被人嘲讽，一个可能仅仅依靠足总杯冠军来代表他们的实力和高度的赛季。
Monks, as an example: at the height of summer, some people dam a stream in the woods and, each bringing their bathing things, play in the water.
和尚，就象一个例子：在盛夏时节，有些人在森林的溪流里筑了一个坝，每一个人带来了洗浴的用具，在水里嬉戏。
"I've looked at their teeth, at their arms, their height, everything, very carefully," Teacher Wang said.
“我检查了他们的牙齿、手臂和身高，每一样都查得非常仔细，”王老师说。
Since they are such relaxed individuals, they can often seem to be slacking off at work when in reality they are at the height of their creativity.
因为他们是如此随性，但事实上达到他们的高度的创造力时，他们又经常懈怠工作。
All that tech tracks when someone is at their desk, learns things like how long they prefer to stand, and automatically adjusts the desk's height.
这款产品运用的科技能够追踪人什么时候在桌子旁边，能学会人们倾向于站立多久，然后自动调节桌子的高度。
So it is in this mod, no one can intimidate them when it comes to hard steppe warfare and at the height of their invasion.
所以，在这个模型，没有人可以威胁他们时，硬战，草原上的高度入侵。
They discovered that men who had a higher BMI, which is calculated from height and weight, were happier at the start of their marriage and stayed that way.
研究者发现，具有身体质量指数，也就是身高与体重的比值更高的男性，从婚姻的一开始便会更加幸福，同时也会保持这样一种状态。
He could see the spiders leering down at him from their fifteen-foot height.
他注意到两只蜘蛛从十五尺的高度向他望来。
He could see the spiders leering down at him from their fifteen-foot height.
他注意到两只蜘蛛从十五尺的高度向他望来。
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