刺耳地

When the cacophony grew too much to bear, I remounted and pedalled furiously, banshees screaming past my ears, my feet assuming a clockwork of their own.

当我再也不能忍受那刺耳的声音的时候，我重新上了车，拼命地踩着踏板。我仿佛听见女妖的尖叫，在我的耳边呼啸而过。我的脚上了发条似地自动踩踏着。

When the cacophony grew too much to bear, I remounted and pedalled furiously, banshees screaming past my ears, my feet assuming a clockwork of their own.

这声音越来越刺耳，到最后实在无法忍受了，我又窜上了车，拼命地蹬踏脚板，两只脚像上了钟表发条，班西女妖的阵阵尖叫在耳边掠过。

An unattended fire.Telephone shrilled unattended in deserted office.

在空无一人的办公室里电话铃突然地发出刺耳的尖叫声。

The fireworks can continue well into the night, and the cacophony of explosions-the machine-gun rat-tat-tat of firecrackers, the mortar-like shriek of rockets, the concussive thuds of aerial shells-can make the city feel like a war zone.

烟花爆竹可以一直燃放到深夜，鞭炮像机关枪一样嗒嗒塔，烟花像迫击炮一样呼啸，礼花弹震撼地闷响，各种各样刺耳的爆炸声让人觉得这个城市像是战区一样。

The fireworks can continue well into the night, and the cacophony of explosions-the machine-gun rat-tat-tat of firecrackers, the mortar-like shriek of rockets, the concussive thuds of aerial shells-can make the city feel like a war zone.

烟花爆竹可以一直燃放到深夜，鞭炮像机关枪一样嗒嗒塔，烟花像迫击砲一样呼啸，礼花弹震撼地闷响，各种各样刺耳的爆炸声让人觉得这个城市像是战区一样。

He was standing between the two women, and, I regret to say, in his endeavour to act as peacemaker, he made use of rather strong language in the presence of his mother; and I was just in time to hear him say:"And all this fuss about the loss of a few pages from a rotten diary that wouldn't fetch three-halfpence a pound!"

他正站在两个女人中间，我很遗憾地说，他在努力充当和事佬时，当着他妈妈的面，用了一些相当刺耳的言辞，我进来时刚好听到他说：&就因为少了几页一磅都换不来三个半便士的烂日记就这样大吵大闹！&

And if you must speak strongly, it抯 a good idea to sugarcoat the words-just in case you have to eat them later.

而如果你必须要坚定地表达的话，最好的办法是用一些&甜言蜜语&-----忌用刺耳的言辞，免得你自食其果。

No more would the streets of Germany echo to the jackboot of the goose-stepping storm troopers or the lusty yells of the brown-shirted masses or the shouts of the Fuehrer blaring from the loudspeakers.

德国的大街上，除了踢着正步的暴风装甲兵的长统靴撞击地面的回声，除了那些身穿棕衫的劳动者精力充沛的喊叫，除了从喇叭里传出的元首刺耳的呵斥，便不再有其他声音。

No more would the streets of Germany echo to the jackboot of the goose-stepping storm troopers or the lusty yells of the brown-shirted masses or the shouts of the Fuehrer blaring from the loudspeakers.

德国的大街上，除了踢着正步的暴风装甲兵的长统靴撞击地面的回声，除了那些身穿棕衫的劳动者精力充沛的喊叫，除了从喇叭里传出的元首刺耳的呵斥，便不再有其他声音。我的问题是这段话中的echo to指的是后面全部的回声，还是只有第一个的回声，还有storm troopers怎么翻？

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。