It was a colossal crocodilian.
它是一种巨大的鳄鱼。
Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos.
巨大的星体，例如太阳能够使光弯曲，但是庞大的暗物质云会在宇宙中产生“气泡”。
We have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having been in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.
我们被卷入了一场巨大的混乱之中，被一台我们不了解其工作原理的精密机器所控制。
Allopatric speciation can also be brought by the imperceptibly slow but colossal movements of the tectonic plates that make up Earth's surface.
构成地球表面的那些构造板块极其缓慢但剧烈的运动，也可能导致异地物种形成。
INSKEEP: That's a colossal change.
那真是巨大的改变。
The colossal monument bestrode the harbour.
巨大的纪念碑高耸于海港上。
The two have racked up colossal losses.
这二者已经累计了惊人的亏损。
Nonetheless, colossal challenges remain to help this population.
虽说如此，我们在帮助这个群体方面确实面对巨大的挑战。
The latest controversy surrounds Ethiopia’s colossal Gibe III dam.
最近的争议围绕着埃塞俄比亚的巨型大坝——GibeIII大坝。
A colossal explosion occurs, sending newly forged, heavier elements into space.
一个巨大的爆炸重现，并且以新的方式锻造，比较重的元素在宇宙中产生了。
Colossal squid are the world's largest invertebrates, or animals without backbones.
大王乌贼是世界上最大的无脊椎动物。
This massive overbuild is being fuelled by the colossal scale of industrialisation.
大规模的工业化正在造成这种过度累积。
His father, Joe, had built a colossal fortune, and wanted to turn his money into power.
他的父亲乔在赚了很多的钱后，想要把他的财富变成权力。
This volume, colossal in scope yet minutely detailed, laid the foundations of modern biology.
这部书研究视野宏大而详尽，成为现代生物学的奠基之作。
For the message needs to be broadcast that alternative medicine is a colossal waste of money.
这似乎传递出这样一个信息【因为，世界需要广泛传播这个信息】：非传统医学浪费巨额钱财。
Yet that phrase came to haunt him as the boom years ended in recession and a colossal deficit.
然而，当繁荣结束，衰退和巨额赤字袭来，这种说法已成为困扰他自己的一个梦魇。
But this colossal ice formation is actually a portion of the wall terraces of a huge crater on Mars.
但是这个巨型冰结确为火星表面庞大陨石坑的墙阶的一部分。
The crisis in the euro zone forced Mrs Merkel to push colossal bail-outs through a reluctant Bundestag.
欧元区危机迫使默克尔通过不情愿的联邦议会推出了巨额紧急援助。
But there is now "a breakdown in the balance between the generations", thanks to the colossal size of one of them.
但现在，“在代际之间的”均势被打破，这归功于他们中之一的巨大规模。
Reflect on past success - in the wake of a colossal failure, it's easy to forget everything you've ever done right.
回想过去的成功——沉浸在失败的巨大阴影之下，你会忘记曾经做对事情的所有经历。
The two Chinese firms’ global market share is still relatively small, but their impact on telecoms has been colossal.
两家中国企业的市场份额还相对较小，但是他们对电信业的影响却巨大。
This colossal gap can hardly be attributed to the policy differences between the two candidates, which are small.
这一鸿沟很难用两个候选人的政策差异来解释，他们的政策差异其实不大。
Growing at a rate of 20% a year will impose colossal pressures on everything from staffing levels to risk control.
一年20%的增长率将会对员工数量到风险控制的每个方面产生巨大的压力。
Yet free prices, free exchange rates, free trade, free Labour markets and privatisation have proved a colossal success.
尽管如此，自由定价、自由汇率、自由贸易、自由的劳动力市场及私有化已取得巨大成功。
It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.
事后证明，庞茨事实上并未四处购买邮政息券，而这完全是一个巨大的骗局。
Given the rating agencies' mandate is to inform investors of credit risks, it's hard to imagine a more colossal failure.
鉴于向投资者告知信用风险是评级机构的职责所在，因此很难想象还会有比这更大的失职行为。
Given the rating agencies' mandate is to inform investors of credit risks, it's hard to imagine a more colossal failure.
鉴于向投资者告知信用风险是评级机构的职责所在，因此很难想象还会有比这更大的失职行为。
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