眨眼

But the echoes of the chime die away -- they have endured but an instant -- and a light half-subdued laughter floats after them as they depart.

但等钟声余音消失——其实只有一眨眼的工夫而已——人群中便有一阵几乎强自抑制的轻微笑声，随着远去的钟声荡漾着。

During the final stretch of David Ritter's hourlong trip to middle school, he pulls a cellphone from his jeans and calls his mother in Washington Heights to say he is out of the subway and moments from the Salk School of Science on East 20th Street.

在去中学的整小时旅程的最后一刻，大卫-理特从牛仔裤里掏出手机，打电话给在华盛顿高地的母亲，告诉她自己已经出了隧道，离东20街的&骚客&理学院只有眨眼工夫了。

Mighty down the pub, the tales are tall and one for one with the long lagers, served up with wink and a grin.

泡吧是一种很好的交流，传奇故事往往在推杯换盏与眨眼微笑中越发神奇。

In an instant he had cleared every obstacle away, and he saw successively the lock, placed between two padlocks, and the two handles at each end, all carved as things were carved at that epoch, when art rendered the commonest metals precious.

一眨眼的功夫，他就清除了箱子上的杂物，看到在两把挂锁之间，稳稳地扣着一把大锁，箱子的两头各有一只提环，所有这些东西上面都有那个时代的雕刻。

In an instant he had cleared every obstacle away, and he saw successively the lock, placed between two padlocks, and the two handles at each end, all carved as things were carved at that epoch, when art rendered the commonest metals precious.

一眨眼的功夫，他就清除了箱子上的杂物，看到在两把挂锁之间，稳稳地扣着一把大锁，箱子的两头各有一只提环，所有这些东西上面都有那个时代的雕刻。那个时代，艺术可以使最平凡的金属品变成宝物。

The T. rexes shown above are each operated by two wingmen who run the blinks, twitches, and roars remotely, and a pilot who sits inside the chassis, Power Rangers-style.

上图所示的那两只食肉恐龙分别由两名远程驾驶员操控，进行眨眼、晃动和咆哮动作，还有一名驾驶员坐在这个有&金刚战士&风格的机器底盘里。

Happy and indignant, he held his heel upon crime, vice, rebellion, perdition, hell,he was radiant, he exterminated, he smiled, and there was an incontestable grandeur in this monstrous Saint Michael.

他愉快而愤恨地用脚跟踏着罪恶、丑行、叛逆、堕落、地狱，他发出万丈光芒，他杀人从不眨眼，他满脸堆着笑容，在这威猛天神的身上，确有一种无比伟大的气概。

The terrible shadow of the action which he was accomplishing caused the vague flash of the social sword to be visible in his clenched fist; happy and indignant, he held his heel upon crime, vice, rebellion, perdition, hell; he was radiant, he exterminated, he smiled, and there was an incontestable grandeur in this monstrous Saint Michael.

他愉快而愤恨地用脚跟踏着罪恶、丑行、叛逆、堕落、地狱，他发出万丈光芒，他杀人从不眨眼，他满脸堆着笑容，在这威猛天神的身上，确有一种无比伟大的气概。

From moment to moment, some huge vehicle, painted yellow and black, heavily loaded, noisily harnessed, rendered shapeless by trunks, tarpaulins, and valises, full of heads which immediately disappeared, rushed through the crowd with all the sparks of a forge, with dust for smoke, and an air of fury, grinding the pavements, changing all the paving-stones into steels.

每隔一分钟，就会有一辆刷了黄漆和黑漆的大车，载着沉重的东西，马蹄铁链响成一片，箱、箧、提包堆到不成样子，车子里人头攒动，一眨眼全都走了，碾踏着街心，疯狂地穿过人堆，路面上的石块尽成了燧石，尘灰滚滚，就好象是从炼铁炉里冒出的火星和浓烟。

He was also unb urned by the hot biodegradable bleach that had covered his body.

他刚作了案，可眨眼之间自己就被扔出了作案现场。

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。