IPBES chair Robert Watson says the "overwhelming evidence" presents an "ominous picture".
IPBES 主席罗伯特·沃森说,“压倒性的证据”呈现出一种“不祥之兆”。
However, if the "click" of an opening door is part of an ominous action such as a burglary, the sound mixer may call attention to the "click" with an increase in volume.
然而,如果开门的“咔哒”声是入室抢劫之类的不祥之兆,混音器可能会提高音量,提醒人们注意这个声音。
又或者说是一种不祥的预兆?
此不吉之言也。
Given such ominous indications, what of the aftermath?
既然之前的预兆如此险恶,那之后的余波会如何呢?
The current rally ignores some ominous economic trends.
眼下的股市上涨忽略了一些经济发展趋势的不利因素。
"I hope that I'm wrong about this," says Joiner. "If it's true, that's ominous."
乔纳说:我希望自己是错的,如果这是真的话,那就真是一个恶兆了。
But in an ominous sign for them, the new Congress is already shifting its emphasis.
而新国会已经开始转移其工作重心,这对他们而言是一个不详的征兆。
Every austral spring, an ominous "hole" appears in stratospheric ozone over Antarctica.
每逢南半球春季,南极洲平流层中都会出现不祥的臭氧层空洞。
More significantly, the ominous warnings feed on a popular misconception of how the mind works.
更为显而易见的是,这些危言耸听的警告之所以有市场,正是利用了人们对大脑思考机制的普遍误解。
Asia's rice crisis isn't likely to ease soon, and may get worse due to ominous long-term trends.
亚洲大米危机不可能很快得到缓和,鉴于不甚乐观的长远趋势,也许还有可能会加以恶化。
The Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica erupts suddenly in February 2010, turning the sky an ominous yellow-brown.
2010年二月,位于哥斯达黎加的阿雷纳火山突然爆发,天空呈现骇人的的黄棕色。
There was the ominous aphorism, repeated again and again, that no man can profit but by the loss of others.
然而还有一种学说在历史上一次又一次地重复出现着,那就是认为没有人能靠损害他人而真正得利的学说。
They are revealing, in ominous ways, what it means to live in a closely interdependent and interconnected world.
危机以不祥的方式揭示生活在一个密切相互依赖和相互联系的世界中意味着什么。
Drug resistance costs vast amounts of money, and affects vast Numbers of lives. The trends are clear and ominous.
耐药造成了巨大的经济损失,众多人的生命受到影响,这种不祥的趋势显而易见。
Another is the reported fall in the number of bonds in short supply after Mr Clouse's ominous speech. Coincidence?
另一个引起关注的原因则是在Clouse先生带有预兆性的演讲之后,债券报出短缺的次数已经下降,难道是巧合?
Some smaller changes are arguably more ominous, like a recent drop in the southern seas' ability to absorb carbon.
一些细小的变化可能更危险,比如南方海域吸收二氧化碳的能力最近下降了。
Yet as ominous as the drumbeat out of Europe is, there is some reason to believe the dancing will go on for a bit.
不过,虽然来自欧洲的鼓点声有些不妙,但有理由相信舞蹈还将持续一阵子。
We face a fuel crisis, a food crisis, a severe financial crisis, and a climate that has begun to change in ominous ways.
我们面临燃料危机、食品危机、严重的金融危机以及已经开始变幻无常的气候问题。
Even more ominous is the emergence of extensively drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB, which has now been reported in 55 countries.
广泛耐药结核病的出现甚至更为凶险,现已有55个国家报告了此种病例。
"The bottom line is that looking slightly older than one's actual age is not necessarily an ominous health sign," Hwang said.
黄医生表示:“总而言之,看起来比实际年龄老一点儿不一定就是健康亮起了红灯。”
There are already some ominous signs. Singapore's exports to America are down by 11% over the past year, while Malaysia's fell by 16%.
目前已经出现了一些不好的预兆,新加坡对美国的出口在过去一年间下跌了11%,而同期马来西亚下跌了16%。
Our room was large and warm, with a Bechstein grand and a theatrical gilt mirror that hung at an ominous 45-degree angle over the bed.
我们的房间还算宽敞暖和,房间里有一架贝希斯坦大钢琴,在床的上方吊着一块剧院用的镀金镜子,以45度的角度对着床上,给人不祥之感。
But if art offers an ominous foretelling of the experiment, the scientists running it are confident that real life will be different.
但假若艺术给予这个实验的是凶险的预言,那么运行这项计划的科学家们则坚定相信真实生活会有所不同。
This was Karimsky, one of the more active volcanoes, our guide told us, pointing to an ominous plume of steam rising from its crater.
导游手指火山顶上冒出的一缕不详的烟气告诉我们,这座卡利姆斯基火山是最活跃的火山之一。
The rise in the use of tobacco products among girls and young females is one of the most ominous developments of the global tobacco epidemic.
女孩和青年女性中使用烟草制品的人数增多,是全球烟草流行最为不祥的一种新情况。
The rise in the use of tobacco products among girls and young females is one of the most ominous developments of the global tobacco epidemic.
女孩和青年女性中使用烟草制品的人数增多,是全球烟草流行最为不祥的一种新情况。
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