Every year, there are competitions for the largest vegetables, but don't expect to win: Britain's biggest carrot is almost six metres long.
每年都有最大蔬菜的比赛，但别指望会赢——英国最大的胡萝卜几乎有6米长。
Companies are pushing the technology hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.
各家公司都在大力推广这项技术，但对普通消费者来说，即使是简单试水也几乎无法承受，因为他们需要考虑太多的兼容性问题。
The brag is almost always nonsense, but there are those around who reckon that wine can deliver decent investment returns.
这种吹嘘通常都是胡说八道，但是周围也有一些人认为葡萄酒能够带来相当的投资回报。
There are all signs for the Maracana being used in the 2014 World Cup final, but the schedule is looking shaky and the budget is spiralling way out of control, taking almost a quarter of the budget.
所有迹象表明，马拉·卡纳将作为2014年世界杯决赛的使用场地，但是日程表看起还不确定，预算失去控制，急剧上涨，差不多占据了预算的四分之一。
There are many small variants in the SDLC, but in this section I use a common basis for almost all methodologies.
SDLC 包含很多小的变体，但在此部分，我将使用几乎所有方法的公共基础部分。
There are rules and training programs for almost every conceivable job, from sanitation engineer to nuclear physicist, but no set curriculum teaches you how to be a boss.
几乎每个能想得到的职位，从环卫工程师到核物理学家，都有一定的规则和培训课程，但是，却没有特定的课程，教你如何成为一个老板。
There are localised skill shortages, but it is hard to believe that China's labour surplus is exhausted when almost 60% of the population still lives in rural areas.
（见表三）技术本地化的匮乏是存在的，但中国将近60%的人口仍然居住在乡村地区，因此很难说中国过剩的劳动力出现了枯竭。
There are also what we call subtle expressions - not brief, but very small, almost imperceptible.
还有一种表情我们叫做细微表情，它不是简短型的，而是非常微小，几乎无法察觉。
It still has to be there, because of many reasons, but it's been shriveled to mean almost nothing.
由于许多原因，它依然必须待在那儿，但它的意义缩水了，几乎毫无意义。
There wasn't room on the magic carpet for everyone, but almost anyone could get on the carpet, provided only that they buckled down at school and worked hard enough to get the exam grades they needed.
魔毯上没有为每个人留出位子，不过，几乎每个人都能爬上魔毯，只要他们在学校全力以赴，刻苦学习，足以获得他们需要的考试分数就行。
But there seemed to be no additional effect in the districts with lots of brand-name suppliers, despite the fact that wages in those regions outpaced wage increases elsewhere by almost a third.
但除此之外，品牌供应商众多的地区似乎没有受到额外影响，尽管这些地区的工资增幅要比其它地区多出近三分之一。
The idea is you gather in a tight circle, throw snowballs straight up and bend forward. Almost everybody gets hit, but since nobody knows by whom, there is no anger or retaliation.
大家围成一个紧密的圆圈，先向上投掷雪球然后弯下身子，差不多每个人都被雪球击中了，但是没有人知道自己是被谁投出的雪球击中的，所以既没有恼怒也无法报复。
The houses look nice enough, but every third one has a for-sale sign, and there are almost no cars in any of the driveways.
房子看上去都很漂亮，但是有三分之一都挂上了待售的牌子，并且路上基本没有车。
The Banks, which have grown addicted to overdraft fees, will almost certainly resist new regulation in this area. But there are several things that federal regulators must do to protect the public.
由于沉迷于透支费，银行几乎肯定会在这方面抵制新条例，但是联邦监管机构必须采取几项措施来保护公众。
That saves Shenzhen's mainly middle-class residents and the foreign companies based there a lot of taxes, but it also creates an almost apartheid-like class system.
正是他们替深圳主要中产阶级和外企节省了大量赋税，但是也几乎创造了一个类似种族隔离的社会阶层。
There is also the rare but dangerous possibility of an iceberg fracture — simulations of such a breakup suggest "total chaos" that includes waves almost 200 feet (60 meters) high.
还有一种微乎其微但十分危险的可能性，那就是冰山崩裂——模拟显示如果冰山发生崩裂，将会造成毁灭性的灾难，包括将近200英尺（约60米）高的海浪。
COBOL would be Ancient Paganism - There was once a time when it ruled over a vast region and was important, but nowadays it's almost dead, for the good of us all.
COBOL是古老的异教——一度非常重要，统治了大片领土，如今却几乎消逝，对我们大家都有益。
Evening had arrived, night had almost closed in; on the horizon and in the immensity of space, there remained but one spot illuminated by the sun, and that was the moon.
夜幕四合，天色几乎完全黑了，在寥廓的天边，只有一点是被太阳照着的，那便是月亮。
There are a large number of alarm clock apps available in the App Store, but, almost unbelievably, not all of them work, and some of them are downright duds.
在应用程序商店（App Store）有不计其数的闹钟程序，但是几乎让人难以置信的是，它们并不是都管用，有些甚至还一无是处。
Three decades ago deodorants were almost impossible to find in Brazilian shops, but Unilever's sales there are now worth euro 400m a year.
30年前，在巴西的商店里几乎找不到除臭剂，但是现在联合利华在那里每年卖出4亿欧元的产品。
Australia has identified 147, 579 of its plants and animals but scientists estimate there are almost 500, 000 more species yet to be found.
在澳大利亚，已知的动植物有147579种，但科学家估计，澳大利亚尚有近50万个物种有待发现。
The academics justify the shift by arguing that the UK is an ageing society: by 2020 there will be half a million fewer 18 - to 24-year-olds, but almost 4.35 million more over-50s.
学者们以英国已经进入老龄化社会作为资金调整的理据：到2020年，英国18至24岁的年轻人将会减少50万。相反，50岁以上的老年人则几乎增加435万。
Three decades ago deodorants were almost impossible to find in Brazilian shops, but Unilever's sales there are now worth 400m a year.
在三十年前根本不可能在巴西找到出售除臭剂的商店，但现在联合利华在那里每年的除臭剂销售额为4亿欧元。
Hungary, for instance, looked almost unstoppable for much of the early 50s, but there were occasions when it didn't quite click.
比如，匈牙利队在五十年代早期无坚不摧，但它也偶有无能为力之时。
Their price tags are almost always double or triple what you can buy a similar PC for, but the quality is just not there in the hardware nor in the operating system.
它的价格是同类PC的2-3倍，但是在硬件质量和操作系统上都没有显示出优势。
But in a nation of animal lovers there are many who feel almost the same way about the loss of a pet, but whose emotions occasionally provoke raised eyebrows.
但在一个热爱动物的国家里，有许多人几乎用同样的方式悼念宠物的离去，而这些人的情感表达偶尔也会引发非议。
I've been allergic to almost all kinds of pets for my whole life, but luckily there are still a few I can live with.
一直以来我几乎对所有的宠物都过敏，但还算幸运，仍然有少数宠物种类我可以跟他们和平相处的。
But the cry was echoing round the alley, echoing inside his head, there was something about it that sounded almost human.
但那悲鸣声一直在巷子里，在他的脑海里回响，那声音听起来有种像是人的感觉。
Bankers there are paid almost entirely by 'eating what they kill,' while the larger Wall Street firms have historically offered somewhat lower, but more consistent, pay.
小公司的银行家们的薪水几乎完全是“自食其力”，而规模较大的金融公司往往都提供相对低一些但更为稳定的薪酬。
Bankers there are paid almost entirely by 'eating what they kill,' while the larger Wall Street firms have historically offered somewhat lower, but more consistent, pay.
小公司的银行家们的薪水几乎完全是“自食其力”，而规模较大的金融公司往往都提供相对低一些但更为稳定的薪酬。
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