I heard what might have been an explosion

After a great many loud explosions, the trace began.

在好一阵喧闹的爆炸声之后，比赛开始了。

What's going on in there? I heard some explosion.

里面是怎麽回事呀！我听到一些爆炸声。

The horse took a fright at the sound of the explosion.

马听到爆炸声受了惊。

Suddenly, the silence was broken by a loud explosion.

突然间，一阵巨大的爆炸声打破了寂静。

deafen A sudden explosion deafened us for a moment.......

vt.使聋；淹没vi.变聋突然的爆炸声使我们耳聋了一会儿。……

We heard a tremendous explosion all of a sudden.

我们突然听到巨大的爆炸声。

They all duck behind the mound as they hear the explosion.

他们一听到爆炸声就都蹲到土丘的后面去了。

Charli XCX, 'Number 1 Angel'

夏洛特·艾玛·艾奇逊《1号天使》

Forever pop's Number One rebel, Charli XCX returned with an excellent surprise mixtape.

流行音乐界永远的一号叛逆者夏洛特·艾玛·艾奇逊带着一张出色又令人惊讶的混合专辑回归了。

It's not sudden recognition. Last year her hit "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks, allowing her to make history as the female rapper with the longest run.

伊基并非一夜爆红。去年，她与英国歌手查莉XCX联手推出的热单“Fancy”连续7周蝉联美国公告牌百强单曲榜冠军，成为蝉联时间最长的说唱女歌手。

Some of the Palestinian leader's aides , however, insisted that this time he would go.

然而, 阿巴斯的一些助手坚称,这次阿巴斯是来真的.

Others predicted that he would be persuaded to stay.

其他人预测阿巴斯将会被说服留任.

Judging from the current bout of red-carpeting, most celebrities have nothing add.

而从目前的红毯着装来看, 大多数明星穿的都没什么新意.

At the same time, retailers have been reducing inventories and slowing price markdowns, helping profit margins.

同时，零售商已经压缩了库存，放缓降价速度，这也有利于提高利润率。

The bank reported record third-quarter earnings and took relatively small markdowns on collateralised debt obligation positions.

摩根大通公告称，第三季度实现了创纪录的业绩，在债务担保证券头寸上也只是进行相对2的减记。

Investment banking revenues will fall 20 per cent this year, even excluding an expected $75bn of additional markdowns, the report warns.

报告警告说，即便不计入预期中的750亿美元额外减记，投资银行今年的收入仍将下滑20%。

A recent visit to some of these stores revealed product markdowns of 50% to 90%, or even two-for-one promotions on summer wear.

大华继显最近考察这些运动服生产商的一些零售店后发现，它们的产品常常降价50%至90%销售，夏装甚至在搞买二赠一促销。

Government bonds of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Ireland would see more significant markdowns, the sources said.

消息人士表示，葡萄牙、西班牙、意大利和爱尔兰将面临更大幅度的折价。

Mr Vinals said markdowns on securities "would be likely to be somewhat better now" following the improvements in financial markets.

他表示，在金融市场形势好转后，证券价值减记情况“目前可能已多少有些好转”。

This year, shops are offering loads of free gifts tomorrow on top of the huge markdowns they are already giving.

今年，商店里面除了大量的减价礼物外，还提供一些免费的礼物。