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I was shocked to learn recently that some scientists want to scale back their research in an effort to decrease carbon emissions.

最近我震惊地得知，一些科学家想要缩减研究，以减少碳排放。

“Nature gave us lips to conceal our teeth,” ran one popular Victorian saying, alluding to the fact that before the birth of proper dentistry, mouths were often in a shocking state of hygiene.

维多利亚时代流行的一句俗语说：“大自然给了我们嘴唇来遮住牙齿。”这暗指在正规牙科诞生之前，人们口腔的卫生状况往往糟糕得惊人。

Some want to shock, others to draw people into science, or to better reward those who have made their careers in research.

有些人想引起轰动，有些人想吸引人们投身科学，或者更好地奖励那些以研究为事业的人。

The 8-0 objection to President Obama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as “a shocking assertion of federal executive power.”

对奥巴马总统8比0的反对，关键在于大法官塞缪尔·阿利托在其反对意见中所说的“对联邦行政权力令人震惊的主张”。

It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock: Passengers must pay $85 every five years to process their background checks.

它离这一目标还差得很远，一个重要原因是价格令人咋舌：乘客每五年必须支付85美元用于办理背景审查。

Without question, manufacturing has taken a significant hit during recent decades, and further trade deals raise questions about whether new shocks could hit manufacturing.

毫无疑问，制造业在最近几十年里遭受了重创，而更多的贸易协定引发了人们对制造业是否会受到新冲击的疑问。

No shock there, considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on; yet to hear Sandra and Britney tell it, raising a kid on their “own” (read: with round-the-clock help) is a piece of cake.

考虑到在没有伴侣可依靠的情况下抚养孩子有多辛苦，这并不令人震惊；然而听桑德拉和布兰妮说起来，她们“独自”（意思是：有全天候的帮手）抚养孩子却是小菜一碟。

Half of the pens would [deliver] an electric shock when clicked.

其中一半的笔在按动时会释放电击。

[When] left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would [happen].

当被单独留在房间里时，那些不知道哪些笔会电到自己的学生比知道会发生什么的学生按动了更多的笔，也遭受了更多的电击。

[When] left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would [happen].

当被单独留在房间里时，那些不知道哪些笔会电到自己的学生比知道会发生什么的学生按动了更多的笔，也遭受了更多的电击。