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a. 主要的35 次
Their work deals with one of the problems that could block major restoration efforts in different parts of the world.
他们的工作所应对的，正是可能阻碍世界各地重大恢复工作的问题之一。
“Insects that today are a minor problem may become a major problem if they can produce three or four generations in a year,” says forest ecologist John Stanturf.
森林生态学家约翰·斯坦图夫说：“如今只是小问题的昆虫，如果一年能繁殖三四代，就可能变成大问题。”
Yet despite two decades of strategies and a number of major health reforms, we have failed to make meaningful progress on any of these aims.
然而，尽管二十年来出台了各种战略、进行了多项重大医疗改革，我们在这些目标上都未能取得实质性进展。
reevaluating major health outcomes.
重新评估主要健康结果。
What played the major role in lowering the price of nails after the late 1700s?
18世纪末以后，什么在降低钉子价格方面起了主要作用？
agrees to major public demands.
顺应了主要的公众诉求。
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Moreover, increased privatization would certainly undercut one of the major reasons why 300 million visitors come to the parks each year: to enjoy nature and get a break from the commercial drumbeat that overwhelms daily life.
此外，加大私有化力度必定会削弱每年3亿游客前来公园的主要原因之一：享受自然，暂时摆脱充斥日常生活的商业喧嚣。
The egg industry’s push is the first major test of whether animal products from regenerative farms can become the next premium offering.
鸡蛋行业的这一推动，是对再生农场的动物产品能否成为下一个高端产品的首次重大考验。
More recently there were similar doubts about probiotics and plant-based meats, but both have exploded into major supermarket categories.
最近，人们对益生菌和植物肉也有过类似的怀疑，但两者都已迅猛发展成超市的主要品类。
their major flaws.
它们的主要缺陷
cattle rearing has been a major means of livelihood for the poor.
养牛一直是穷人的主要谋生手段。
Major social issues should be the focus of legislation.
重大社会问题应成为立法的重点。
This mutual gaze is a major part of the attachment between mother and child.
这种相互凝视是母子依恋的重要组成部分。
Today’s CEO, at least for major American firms, must have many more skills than simply being able to “run the company.”
如今的首席执行官，至少就美国大公司而言，必须具备的技能远不止于能够“经营公司”。
Plus, virtually all major American companies are becoming tech companies, often with their own research and development.
而且，几乎所有美国大公司都在成为科技公司，往往拥有自己的研发部门。
And beyond this, major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.
除此之外，大公司的首席执行官仍然要做他们一贯要做的所有日常工作。
its major variations.
它的主要变化形式。
There’s no change to collective bargaining at the USPS, a major omission considering that personnel accounts for 80 percent of the agency’s costs.
美国邮政署的劳资集体谈判没有任何改变，考虑到人员开支占该机构成本的80%，这是一个重大疏漏。
a major contributor to physical health.
身体健康的一大促进因素。
First two hours, now three hours — this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines.
先是两小时，现在是三小时——这是当局建议人们为赶国内航班提前到达机场的时间，至少在一些安检队伍越来越长的美国大型机场是这样。
Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago’s O’Hare International.
此后加强的安保措施，加上经济好转和低油价带来的航空出行增加，导致芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场等大型机场出现了漫长的等待。
highlight the necessity of upgrading major U.S. airports.
突出升级美国大型机场的必要性。
Which of the following contributes to long waits at major airports?
下列哪一项导致了大型机场的长时间等待？
Yes, there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and education, major economies have continued to decline.
诚然，自2008年全球金融危机以来，经济已初现复苏，但在健康和教育等领域的关键指标上，主要经济体却持续下滑。
(49) The changes identified by David Graddol all present clear and major challenges to the UK’s providers of English language teaching to people of other countries and to broader education business sectors.
(49) 戴维·格拉多尔所指出的这些变化，都给英国面向其他国家民众的英语教学机构以及更广泛的教育行业带来了明显而重大的挑战。
But to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurdle: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depression, telling them to avoid the factory.
但要赢得这些年轻工人，制造商们必须跨越另一个主要障碍：经历过大萧条以来美国最严重经济衰退的父母们告诉他们要远离工厂。
The crash was a major reason the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decided to formally list the bird as threatened.
数量的骤减是美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（USFWS）决定正式将这种鸟列为受威胁物种的一个主要原因。
The major reason for listing the lesser prairie chicken as threatened is ____
将小草原鸡列为受威胁物种的主要原因是____
Studying this could help [understand] why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major [contributory] factor.
研究这一点有助于理解人类进化为何在过去三万年间加快了步伐，而社会环境是其中一个主要的促成因素。
Look up Homo sapiens in the “Red List” of threatened species of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and you will read: “Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing, and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline.”
在世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）的濒危物种“红色名录”中查找智人，你会读到：“列为无危物种，因为该物种分布极广、适应性强、目前数量正在增长，且不存在导致其总体数量下降的重大威胁。”
The only major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia, who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
唯一的重大反对意见来自大法官安东宁·斯卡利亚，他追溯至《外侨与煽动叛乱法》，为州的特权进行了更为有力的辩护。
The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the state's strict nuclear regulations.
这家公司是新英格兰地区的主要能源供应商，上周它宣布将违背遵守佛蒙特州严格核能法规的长期承诺，在该州激起了理所当然的愤慨。
Nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.
尽管如此，某种形式的统一仍是一个主要目标。
He finally took that post at a major financial institution three years later.
三年后，他终于在一家大型金融机构担任了这一职务。
While traditional “paid” media — such as television commercials and print advertisements — still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media.
虽然传统的“付费”媒体——如电视广告和平面广告——仍然发挥着重要作用，但如今的公司可以利用许多其他形式的媒体。
n. 成年人，专业学生，主修课程8 次
Extracurricular activities related to the college major declared on a college application are beneficial, experts suggest.
专家们认为，与大学申请中所申报专业相关的课外活动是有益的。
“If you already know your major, having an extracurricular that fits into that major can be a big plus,” says Mayghin Levine, the manager of educational opportunities with The Cabbage Patch Settlement House, a Louisville, Kentucky, nonprofit community center.
肯塔基州路易斯维尔市非营利社区中心“卷心菜地睦邻之家”的教育机会经理梅金·莱文说：“如果你已经确定了自己的专业，拥有一项与该专业契合的课外活动会是一大加分项。”
“If you already know your major, having an extracurricular that fits into that major can be a big plus,” says Mayghin Levine, the manager of educational opportunities with The Cabbage Patch Settlement House, a Louisville, Kentucky, nonprofit community center.
肯塔基州路易斯维尔市非营利社区中心“卷心菜地睦邻之家”的教育机会经理梅金·莱文说：“如果你已经确定了自己的专业，拥有一项与该专业契合的课外活动会是一大加分项。”
One survey from Accenture found that 88 percent of graduating seniors this year chose their major with a job in mind.
埃森哲的一项调查发现，今年88%的应届毕业生在选择专业时就考虑到了工作。
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once.
根据美国国家教育统计中心的数据，近80%的大学生最终至少更换过一次专业。
Many students find themselves listing one major on their college applications, but switching to another after taking college classes.
许多学生在大学申请中填报了一个专业，但在上了大学课程后又转到了另一个专业。
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decide on the right major.
选定合适的专业。
Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in another major.
攻读另一专业的学士学位。
v. 主修2 次
The zoology program at my university attracts students for whom zoo visits were the crucial formative experience that led them to major in biological sciences.
我所在大学的动物学专业吸引了这样一些学生：参观动物园是他们关键的成长经历，正是这一经历促使他们主修生物科学。
His concern is mainly with the humanities: literature, languages, philosophy and so on. These are disciplines that are going out of style: 22% of American college graduates now major in business compared with only 2% in history and 4% in English. However, many leading American universities want their undergraduates to have a grounding in the basic canon of ideas that every educated person should possess. But most find it difficult to agree on what a “general education” should look like. At Harvard, Mr. Menand notes, “the great books are read because they have been read” — they form a sort of social glue.
他关注的主要是人文学科：文学、语言、哲学等。这些学科正在变得不受欢迎：如今22%的美国大学毕业生主修商科，而主修历史的只有2%，主修英语的只有4%。然而，许多美国一流大学希望本科生打好基础，掌握每一个受过教育的人都应具备的基本思想经典。但大多数大学难以就“通识教育”应该是什么样子达成一致。梅南先生指出，在哈佛，“名著之所以被阅读，是因为它们一直被人阅读”——它们形成了一种社会黏合剂。