Given that there is a living to be made at night, and given that alternative daytime trades are thoroughly occupied, natural selection has favoured bats that make a go of the night-hunting trade.
考虑到夜晚也可以生存,并且可供选择的白天的“交易”完全被占用,它们自然选择偏爱那些成功在夜间进行捕食“交易”的蝙蝠。
Sometimes, when you woke at night, just the touch of my hand would make you back to sleep.
有时候,当你在夜里醒来,只要我的手一摸,你就会再次入眠。
According to a study, about 95% of the people between the ages of 13 and 64 use electronics before bed, especially the young people. Doctors say that the light from those electronics at night may make you excited before you go to bed.
一项研究表明,年龄13至64岁的人群中,约有95%在睡前使用电子产品,特别是年轻人。医生称,电子产品在夜间发出的光可能会让人在睡前感到兴奋。
Encountering a headwind at night is Mr Borschberg's biggest worry because that would make the night much longer, so he would risk running out of energy before sunrise.
对博尔施伯格而言最大的担忧则是在夜间遭遇逆风,因为这会拉长夜间飞行时间,且有可能造成电池在日出前耗尽的风险。
A SWEET CANDIDATE. — Mark Twain, who was to make such a blighting speech at the mass meeting of the Independents last night, didn't come to time!
好个候选人——马克·吐温先生原定于昨晚独立党民众大会上作一次损伤对方的演说,却未履行其义务。
In fact, last night after a speech on how adding more fiber to my diet would increase the overall health of my digestive track, I caught myself thinking, "I won't and you can't make me!"
实际上,昨天夜里在谈论完增加饮食中的纤维量可以如何提高我消化道的整体健康之后,我发现自己正在想“我才不会那样做呢,你也甭想让我那样”。
inexpensive, fun, simple to make and customize, they add the perfect decoration for a late night BBQ with a group of friends or a night of gin and tonics with the one you love.
这些灯笼便宜,有趣,设计方法简单,在与一群朋友深夜烧烤聚会上或与爱人的浪漫品酒夜里,会是最好的装饰。
“It could make the night much longer and cause you to run out of energy before sunrise, which would be a disaster,” says Mr Borschberg.
Borschberg说:“这会使夜晚更长,并使飞行员在日出前就耗尽电能,这将造成一场灾难。”
It was nice to be up in the middle of the night, when there was no sound in the house, and sip the tea John would make.
半夜里从床上爬起来是一件很美妙的事情,房间里没有一点声音,静的出奇,可以慢慢的品尝约翰泡的茶。
The researchers weren't terribly surprised: They knew from a previous study that partners trigger a third of the 20 to 60 discrete movements we typically make over the course of a night.
研究人员并不感到十分惊讶:他们从之前的一个研究中了解到,整个晚上,同床者改变了我们20到60个不连续动作中的三分之一。
Get out clothing the night before: for babies, make sure you have all of their diapering items available and ready for use.
第一步:前一晚准备好衣服。对于婴儿来说,确保你准备好换尿布需要的东西,拿起来就能用。
At the end of the night he drives me home again and we make tentative plans to go to a concert.
那晚聚会结束后,他再次开车送我回家,我们说好了以后去听音乐会。
So the firm produced a new line of trousers, dubbed “bike-to-work pants”, with built-in reflective materials that make wearers more visible to traffic while cycling at night.
因此这个公司开辟了一条新的流水线,专门生产这款“骑车工作裤”,其内置的反光材料使得骑车人在夜间更易被来往车辆发觉。
The service, unveiled on Wednesday night, will let users make free calls at least to the end of this year within the US and Canada.
这项功能在星期三晚上揭开面纱,至少年内能让美国和加拿大用户拨打免费电话。
Financial times are tough, and yet the season can make demands on our wardrobes -- whether it's a cocktail party, a night of dancing, or one more dinner party.
困难的财务情况下,这个季度,我们的衣柜仍然要面对不同的要求,无论是个鸡尾酒会,舞会,或者一个晚宴。
The night position suits my goals for the present, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping to make your hotel one of the key players here.
这项夜间工作正适合我目前的目标,我期待着迎接挑战来帮助你们成为本地最主要的饭店之一。
I didn't have a telly - the radio was my only entertainment thing - so I'd make a little library of Just a Minute tapes to play when I was going to sleep at night.
我没有电视——收音机是我唯一的娱乐设备——所以我弄了一个《等一等》的录音磁带库,每当我在晚上要入睡时就听一听。
The White House announced the rule changes, which will also make it easier for gay men and lesbians to make medical decisions on behalf of their partners, in a memorandum released Thursday night.
白宫在周四晚上以备忘录形式宣布的这项新规定也将更便于同性恋男女为其伴侣作出医疗方面的决定。
The length of day and night may not be equal on the equinox, but that doesn't make the first day of fall any less special.
虽然昼夜等长不会发生在秋分日,但这并不意味着入秋第一日的特殊性会大打折扣。
However, when the environment in which you make your bread and butter damages your self-esteem and robs you of self-confidence, you can't exactly walk out… if you want to eat that night.
然而当你赖以谋生的环境损害了你的自尊并剥夺了你的自信的时候,如果你还想吃上晚饭的话,你最好不要一走了之!
He landed in the dark of night off the coast of Cuba and make his way to the mountains, and after much difficulty, found Garcia.
在夜色中他着陆于古巴海岸,艰难地走向山区,历经多方磨难后找到了加西亚。
'Which would NOT be an advantage,' said Alice, who felt very glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of her knowledge. 'Just think of what work it would make with the day and night!
“这没好处,”爱丽丝说,她很高兴有个机会显示一下自己的知识,“你想想这会给白天和黑夜带来什么结果呢?”
For example, muscle or joint pains may make it difficult to get comfortable, and most people over the age of 65 must visit the bathroom at least once during the night.
例如,肌肉或关节疼痛让他们难以入睡,大部分超过65岁的老人一晚至少上一次厕所。
By day she ran a hairdressing salon in the coastal town of Damariscotta, and at night, to make a little extra money, she went down to the mouth of the Pemaquid River to check her nets.
白天,她在沿海城市达马里斯·科塔经营一家发廊,晚上,为了挣笔外快,她到佩马奎德河口去检查撒下的网。
But if you are writing about a profound problem, why would you think that you can make an important contribution off the top of your head in the middle of the night just before the conference?
即便是再聪明的人,也不会指望自己在会议的前一晚稍作思考就能对一个艰深的问题作出重要贡献。
Most night vision devices today use massive amounts of electricity -- often several thousand volts, according to So -- and heavy, glass lenses that maintain a vacuum to make the night come alive.
在弗兰克·索看来,目前使用的大多数夜视设备装着一大堆电子元件,需要几千伏特的工作电压。 为了让画面更加逼真,夜视镜的镜头与镜头之间必须保持真空状态,因此整个装置比较沉重。
Newborns can't sleep through the night because they need to eat every few hours. They don't produce enough glycogen, the body's form of stored sugar, to make energy.
去探寻肌体会对缺乏食物作出什么样的反应,你应该从观察新生儿开始,新生儿不能够整夜的入睡是因为它需要每几个小时进食一次,他们不能够生产足够的糖原,糖原是一种肌体储备糖的形式以获取能量。
Every night he had to give the same performance to a new bunch of strangers - and make it convincing.
每天晚上,他都必须为一群素不相识的人表演同样的节目——并且要使演出具有说服力。
At the end of the night, four guys would have been putting everything on one guy's TAB, and he would start screaming, "How did you make me drink this much?"
四个男生的帐全算在一个人头上,夜场结束时,背黑锅的那个定会惊呼,你们怎么灌了我这么多!
At the end of the night, four guys would have been putting everything on one guy's TAB, and he would start screaming, "How did you make me drink this much?"
四个男生的帐全算在一个人头上,夜场结束时,背黑锅的那个定会惊呼,你们怎么灌了我这么多!
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