Launch preparations would take so long that the Americans would have plenty of time to knock them out.

发射准备将耗用相当长的时间以至于美军都有足够的时间来将之摧毁。

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Scientists would like to prevent something like that from happening in the future, but it would take time to figure out how to best knock an incoming asteroid off its collision course.

科学家希望能够防止今后发生类似的事件，但要弄清楚如何才能最好地阻断小行星碰撞地球的过程，还需要一定的时间。

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While Houston did not take the brunt of the storm the way Galveston did, Ike did knock out the city's water pumping systems, and that was sufficient to threaten the whole health-care system.

虽然休斯敦并未像加尔维斯顿那样受到风暴的正面袭击，但“埃克”仍旧摧毁了该市的抽水系统，其破坏程度足以对整个卫生保健系统造成威胁。

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Hill was in support to take the knock-back and saunter under the posts to give Strange a simple conversion.

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However you did not take into account the knock on effect of a problem on other roads.

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As a result, consumption should take less of a knock from the downturn in the housing market.

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