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High interest rates put a curb on spending.

高利率抑制了消费。

Several small businesses consolidated to form a large powerful company.

几家业合并成了家实力雄厚的大型公司。

The brain needs a continuous supply of blood.

大脑需要不断地供血。

Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing.

要认真做好出版工作。

The businessman was sent to prison for trying to corrupt a tax official with money.

那个商人因图向税务官员行贿而被判入狱。

A small room; a cubbyhole; a small secluded room; a small compartment.

有房间，隔间（橱），隐蔽的房间，等等意思。具体翻译要看上下文而定。

A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.

谜画中有猫(cat)站在块木头(a log)上, 谜底是catalog(目录)。

A dime is a tenth of a dollar.

角银币是十分之美元。

A chair consists of a seat with a back.

椅子是由椅座和椅背构成的。

When a catalytically active enzyme forms a complex with a cofactor a holoenzyme is produced.

酶蛋白和辅助因子两者结合成完整分子时，形成具有活力的全酶。

A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

幼虫变为蛹，然後再变成蝴蝶。

It is a legal fiction that a corporation is a person.

把团体法人当作个人是法律上的假设。

A small cyme or a small section of a compound cyme.

聚伞花序 Cymule 的聚伞花序或复合聚伞花序的部分。

A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.

催化剂是能加速化学反应的物质。

A newly-devised microcomputer can act as a guide to a blind person.

新设计的微型计算机能够充任盲人的向导。

A habit of dissimulation is a hindrance, and a poorness to him.

在他这样的个人，掩饰的习惯是阻挠，个弱点。

The hybrid from a donkey and a horse is called a mule.

驴和马交配生出的杂叫骡子。

A laborer takes a rest on a cinder dumpsite in Changzhi, China.

在中国长治，名工人在煤渣垃圾场酣睡。

A cabaret is a restaurant providing food,drink,and often a floor show.

“卡巴莱”夜总会是供应食物、饮料并经常有歌舞表演的餐厅。

A bicycle is a real boon when you live in a small town.

住在城镇上,有辆自行车确实极为方便。