奇特

And the old ways of earning a living rivalled by new agricultural techniques

古老的谋生之道正受到新的农业技术、新的贸易、新的行业的挑战；这种新贸易是与世界上一向无人知晓的地区进行的贸易，而种种新行业则是使用一些无需传统的人力畜力驱动、可节省劳动力的奇特机遇。

And the old ways of earning a living rivalled by new agricultural techniques,by commerce with hitherto unknown parts of the globe, and by new crafts with strane machines that saved labor and that ran without the traditional human or animal power

古老的谋生之道正受到新的农业技术、新的贸易、新的行业的挑战；这种新贸易是与上一向无人知晓的地区进行的贸易，而种种新行业则是使用一些无需的人力畜力驱动、可节省劳动力的奇特机遇。

One of the most curious scrolls is the Copper Scroll.

最奇特的古卷之一是铜古卷。

Now he scrambled from his seat and scurried from the room, leaving nothing behind him but a curious gleam of silver.

他从椅子上爬起来，跑过房间，身后留下了一道奇特的银色微光。

First there was the star's bizarre two-day marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander, followed by the controversial, highly sexualized Onyx Hotel tour, which was eventually canceled (allegedly because of a knee injury) despite positive financial numbers.

首先是恒星的奇特两天结婚，儿时的朋友贾森亚历山大，其次是有争议的，高度sexualized玛瑙酒店旅游，这是最终取消，尽管积极的财政数字。

Episodes of mass hysteria often seem to involve women more than men, but that certainly isn't the case with koro : the phenomenon, observed largely in S.E Asia and China, whereby men believe their penis is shrivelling completely into their body, with death the ultimate feared outcome. Koro has tended to spread during economic crises.

关于全民歇斯底里症的一个奇特而有趣的英国例子就是&铁路症候群&：在19世纪，有铁路乘客报告说感觉到晕眩和背痛——那时的专家说这是人的身体受30英里每小时的速度的影响而产生的一种心理反应。

For gentlemen, a wardrobe full of fine linen smocks or undershirts to enable a daily change was the height of hygienic sophistication.

中认为亚麻制品有一种奇特的物质可以从身体中吸收汗水。

Will feel that nature is a strange mother, she should choose the end of all things winter depression, will nurture the lives of strange things out of them marching and that the most Roumei the first ray of spring, spooned to put infinite vitality brought to this world.

也会觉得大自然就是一位奇特的母亲，她竟选择在万物萧条的冬的尽头，将千姿百态的生命孕育而出，让它们踏着那最为柔媚的第一缕春光，相拥而至，把无限的生机带给人世。

The peculiar rooflines of these cottages, called trulli, help move rainwater to aquifers, and their extremely thick, stuccoed walls help keep the homes cool.

这奇特的屋顶轮廓线在这些村舍，当地叫：，是为了使雨水保存到蓄水层――是相当的粗厚的物质存水，石灰泥墙厚能够有保持房子的凉爽。

Odd nickname stuck in my mind, together with all the amusingstories surfacing and submerging in my memory.

这个奇特的名字，和儿时可笑的情事，连带着浮沉于脑海中而已。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！