It's like ramming the accelerator pedal in a car that has run out of petrol. Or, strictly speaking, of the right sort of petrol.

这是是人的能量耗尽了的表现，这就像死死地踩住一辆没油的汽车的油门踏板，更准确的说，是正确的种类的汽油。

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There are times that you need to floor the gas pedal, especially if you're moving out of a sharp curve.

有时你需要把油门踩到底，特别是在拐出急弯时。

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The summer morning air is filled with the scent of 27)damp earth as we 28)pedal through the forest and out onto the streets of Mackinac Island the next day.

第二天,我们骑车穿越森林,在麦基诺岛的大街小巷中穿行。 夏季清晨空气中洋溢着潮湿泥土的芬芳。

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One team of innovators even helped the President hop onto a bike and test out their pedal-powered water filtration system.

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As master of Balliol College, Oxford from 1989-94 the first American to hold the post, and the first scientist he would pedal out eagerly into the countryside, his burly frame well waterproofed against the English weather, to see what he might see.

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It functions as a wonderful mix of the mechanical and the organic, as a steady drum machine and languid pedal steel ring out side by side.

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