他对科学和自然史非常感兴趣，且他对电和闪电的实验直接推动了避雷针的发明。
He was deeply interested in science and natural history and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod.
我们在书本、电脑、高速公路和手机的陪伴下长大，但现在我们生活在一个没有自来水和电的村庄。
We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity.
1752年，本杰明·富兰克林将一把钥匙系在风筝上，在暴风雨中放飞，他发现了闪电是电的一种形式。
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightning was a form of electricity.
多核心处理器在消耗更少的电的同时还能增加运算能力。
Multiple-core processors increase computing power while using less electricity.
人们希望数以千万计的非洲人民能够从此获益，过上有电的生活。
It is hoped that millions of Africans would benefit by having access to electricity.
它几乎是完全透明的，但也是电的良好导体——这些都是极佳的属性。
It is almost completely transparent, but also extremely strong and a good conductor of electricity - and that is an extremely promising set of properties.
科学家们正在努力降低这种无线电的能耗，使之能与毫米级电池更好地协同。
The scientists are now working on lowering the radio's power consumption so that it's compatible with millimeter-scale batteries.
这并不是慈善施舍，而是一项可行的商业活动，为使不上电的民众提供电力服务。
This activity is no charity but a viable business, servicing people who do not have access to electricity.
纽曼说，REAL实验室与简捷过程计划的目标是在数月或一年内完成无线电的测试和采购，而目前这项工作需要多年才能完成。
The goal of REAL and the Agile program is to test and acquire radios within months to a year, as opposed to the multiple years it currently takes, Newman said.
本杰明·富兰克林在1752年发现闪电实际上就是电，在他那个著名的实验中，富兰克林将一只栓有金属钥匙的风筝放飞到雷暴之中，当他看见钥匙上火花四溅时，他关于闪电的猜想得到了证实。
In his now-famous experiment, he sent a kite with a metal key tied to the string up into a thunderstorm. When he saw sparks leap from the key, his hunch about lightning was confirmed.
就像许多具有超前思维的预见者所预言的那样，云已经成为了一种像水、电话和电那样不可缺少的现代实用工具。
Just as many forward-thinking visionaries predicted, the cloud has become a modern utility like water, phones, and electricity.
即使当我们关掉了床头灯，深深地进入睡乡时，电仍在为我们工作，它帮我们开动冰箱，帮我们烧水或使我们房间里的空调机保持运转。
Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are fat asleep, electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned.
风力涡轮机发的电可以用于个人家庭或建筑，也可以用来连接电力网使电力输送得更远。
Wind turbines can be used to produce electricity for a single home or building, or they can be connected to an electricity grid (shown here) for more widespread electricity distribution.
我们熟视无睹的最基本生活需求，比如说清洁水、电对这些人而言都是不可及的。
For them, the most basic things we take for granted, such as water and electricity, are beyond reach.
相反，改变这一切的却是丰田—一家日本公司。丰田公司用它的低油耗的汽-电混合动力汽车普锐斯主导了这一市场。
Instead, Toyota, a Japanese company, has made itself the market leader, with its fuel-sipping petrol-electric hybrid, the Prius.
今年三月，丰田创下了18,605辆油电混合型普锐斯的惊人销售佳绩，并且在这个已霸占了十年的细分市场里，仍然处于领先地位。
Toyota (TM) sold an astounding 18, 605 Prius gas-electric hybrids in March, continuing to lead a segment that it has dominated for more than a decade.
现在，这家拥有250多名员工的公司，为20多万农村人口提供低价电，此前人们离不开的煤油灯和蜡烛，都退出了历史舞台。
Now employing more than 250 people, the firm sells cheap electricity to 200, 000 rural folk, who previously relied on kerosene lamps or candles.
当我们大部分人想到太阳能的时候，我们就会想象点缀在邻居家更环保屋顶上的硅板，它们正在把阳光直接转化成电。
When most of us think about solar power, we picture the silicon panels that dot our greener neighbors' roofs, converting the sun's rays directly into electricity.
将你的洗衣机和洗碗机装满，这样会节约水，电和洗衣粉。
Fill your dish washer and washing machine with a full load - this will save you water, electricity, and washing powder.
委员会与其他机构或人士一道呼吁继续努力确保向所有人提供水、电以及环境卫生设施，并改进城市规划，以处理肆虐的慢性病问题。
The Commission joins other voices in calling for a renewed effort to ensure water, sanitation and electricity for all, as well as better urban planning to address the epidemic of chronic disease.
如果地震、飓风或其他的灾害突袭你的家园，你可能会好几天甚至好几个星期都无法获得食物、水和电。
If an earthquake, hurricane or other disaster strikes your community, you might not have access to food, water, and electricity for days or even weeks.
很显然，被一些科学家归因于异常电活动的超自然现象的确有可能被手机通话和短信息制造的电子噪声所淹没。
Apparently paranormal events, which some scientists put down to unusual electrical activity, could be drowned out by the electronic noise produced by phone calls and text messages.
其部分原因在于，魁北克得天独后地可以利用水力发大量的电，其供电量大到在满足其自身需求之后还有剩余，可以向安大略省以及美国东北部出口。
That is partly because of Quebec’s good fortune in generating so much hydroelectricity that it exports its surplus to Ontario and to north-eastern United States.
像“酸”，“重力”，“电”和“钟摆”这些词不得不被发明出来，只是为了防止他们的会议变成一场无止尽的字谜游戏。
Words like "acid", "gravity", "electricity" and "pendulum" had to be invented just to stop their meetings turning into an endless game of charades.
或许在另一个100年里，这些技术会更成熟，到时候它们就会像今天的电一样，成为平时生活的一部分。
Perhaps in another 100 years' time, they too will have matured, and become as much a part of the fabric of everyday life as electricity.
空气树通过光伏电池产生巨大的能量，这些电将输送回当地的电力公司，而由此产生的利润将用于该建筑的维护。
Using photovoltaic cells, the Air Tree produces a substantial amount of energy, which is then sold back to the local electric companies, the profits being used for maintenance of the structure.
作为比亚迪的第一款电动轿车，F3DM更像是纯粹的电动轿车，而不像目前已经上市的油电混合动力车。
The first of BYD's electric cars, the F3DM, is more of a purely electric car than the gasoline-electric hybrids on the road today.
作为比亚迪的第一款电动轿车，F3DM更像是纯粹的电动轿车，而不像目前已经上市的油电混合动力车。
The first of BYD's electric cars, the F3DM, is more of a purely electric car than the gasoline-electric hybrids on the road today.
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