不过那只是“整刻点敲钟”的三个敲钟人。
But that may just be the three Jacks "hammering the bells to separate the quarters from the minutes."
客厅传来钟表敲打刻点的声音，接下来是短暂的静止——时间的停止，直到书房里的钟表微弱地做出了回应。
From the hall the clock calling out the quarter hour, then a moment of stillness - time stalling - before, faintly, the clock in her study responded.
现在是差一刻四点，我会在四点一刻和你碰面。
It's (a) quarter to four now—I'll meet you at (a) quarter past.
在晚上大约八点差一刻时乔·乌尔贝打了电话。
她安排了一个星期五下午四点一刻的约会。
She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon at four-fifteen.
我们在七点一刻见面。
现在差一刻九点。
我们五点一刻打乒乓球。
那一刻我一点也不生气——当然也没有责骂。
I was not angry at all at that moment—and I certainly didn't scold.
我们七点三刻在饭店门口集合。
We'll gather at the gate of the hotel at a quarter to eight.
南极天文台三大观测宇宙的天文台之一，旨在检测由宇宙大爆炸而产生的大量存在于微光辐射中的扭曲现象，利用天文望远镜对宇宙射线背景进行筛选，再利用星系群的特点确定一个点，即当宇宙射线穿过极热气体时会产生轻微混乱，混乱的那一刻就是所要找的那个点。
The telescopes sift through the background cosmic radiation to find spots where it has been slightly perturbed as it passes through extremely hot gas, a hallmark characteristic of galaxy clusters.
警察估计出事的时间大约是四点差一刻。
The policemen put the time of the accident as about a quarter to four.
当我们认识到这一点，那从这一刻起，我们算有所清醒，开始生活。
When we realize this, that's when we wake up and start living.
从某种程度上说，过去，现在，未来都在同一时刻同一地点。
In some sense, past, present and future are all there at once.
非常酷的一点：轮胎由结实的橡胶环刻而成(当时的轮胎都不充气的)，这是唯一能支撑车重的方法。
One cool bit: the tires were chiseled from solid blocks of rubber, the only way to support the weight of the car.
它使系统可以回答在某一特定时间点，对于在另一时刻的事实，系统知道什么的问题。
It allows the system to answer questions about what was known at a certain point in time about a fact at another moment.
我们认为他不能在一刻钟内走完那段距离，但他却成功地做到了这一点。
We didn't think he could cover the distance in a quarter of an hour, but he succeeded in doing it.
它的美会完全展现在你的眼前——你了解到这一点的那一刻起，你就会沉迷于其中。
It is completely accessible to the eyes, and you know it the moment you enjoy it.
很重要的一点，我们双方都意识到，在当前这一时刻，需要采取共同的努力和行动。
And most importantly, we understand that joint decisions and consolidated action are what is most important now.
即席演讲在你的生活中迟早会出现的：某一时刻，某一地点，一个手指会指向你，你必须站起来说点什么，所以你最好早做准备。
It'll happen sooner or later in life, so you might at well get ready for it, sometime, somewhere, a finger will point your way, and you'll be asked to get up and say a few words.
她四点一刻骑自行车去了有轨电车车库，四点半就上了开往施韦青根的有轨电车。
She rode her bicycle to the streetcar depot at a quarter past four and was on the streetcar to Schwetzingen at four-thirty.
道格拉斯·菲赫斯特用了不少篇幅讨论这一点，但是书中另一个主要观点是狄更斯时时刻刻感觉到事物似是而非。
Mr Douglas-Fairhurst covers much ground, but one of his central ideas is Dickens’s pervasive sense of what might have been.
道格拉斯·菲赫斯特用了不少篇幅讨论这一点，但是书中另一个主要观点是狄更斯时时刻刻感觉到事物似是而非。
Mr Douglas-Fairhurst covers much ground, but one of his central ideas is Dickens’s pervasive sense of what might have been.
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