If the pilot had to pull the "d" ring (ejection handle) in an emergency, the cables would snap the wearer's feet back under the seat to ensure a smooth and safe ejection from the aircraft.

当发生紧急情况，飞行员需要弹射时，缆绳会将马刺佩戴者的足部从座椅下方拉出来，以确保弹射安全。

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In part, this is no surprise for any hurricane targeting such a densely populated area, as residents rush out to snap up supplies of bottled water and D batteries.

从某一方面讲，在任何即将遭受飓风袭击的人口及其稠密的地区，居民们疯狂抢购瓶装水和干电池也毫不奇怪。

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S. companies snap them up for their own R&D facilities, he said.

他说，在工人接受培训后，美国公司把他们挖过来效力于自己的研发设施。

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I'd always had a nagging sense that Bill might feel the need to snap my neck someday, just to relieve tension, and I'd been his friend for six years.

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But, now it's out of your control, and chances are the resulting snap won't turn out exactly as you'd imagined.

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So at the appropriate moments, one of Jensen's teammates would hand him a uniform shirt with a lineman's number, which he'd slip on over his quarterback jersey, making him eligible to snap.

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