Bank of England officials continued to insist that the pound would soon return to stability but disaster struck

The Bank of England insists that it will cut interest rates only when it is ready

英格兰银行坚持只有条件成熟才会降息。

The pound continued to sag despite four interventions by the Bank of England

尽管英格兰银行四次出手干预，英镑仍不改颓势。

The first one is an askesis, a spiritual exercise, and the other is a disease.

第一种就是自律，这是一种精神的修炼，另外一种则是一个灾难。

Now I want to consider the third Stoic technique, askesis, not a disclosure of the secret self but a remembering.

现在我要谈到禁欲学派的第三个技巧，自我修行，但不是洩露秘密的自我，而是记忆。

a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah .

移居到亚利桑尼亚州、新墨西哥和犹它州的阿它帕斯族人。

Asking a group of men outside a bar for directions to a hotel in Kotel, two teenage boys were sent with me to show the way.

在一家酒吧外面，我向一伙男人问当地旅馆的方向，他们派两个青少年来送我。

They would all be asking me that. Lhalu would know what de facto recognition meant, but probably he was the only one.

他们都会这样问我。拉鲁会知道事实承认的意思。他可能是唯一知道的人。

I actually found myself asking this question a lot while writing this book, holed up in my office in front of a computer for a year.

在办公室里窝了一年写这本书的时候我真的问了我自己很多次这个问题。

We have not found a leader as powerful as him asking Assad to leave and calling him an illegitimate president.

他要求阿萨德退位，并称阿萨德是失去正当性的总统，我们还没找到一位像他这麽强而有力的领袖。

It was a very reasoned statement that pointed out the flaw in the ranter's reasoning and asking why he felt compelled to say what he did.

她非常合理的陈述指出了那位胡说八道者推理的缺陷，并问他为什么非得要那样做。

Take the first step by asking your child to sit with you for a few minutes and then openly and clearly declare your unconditional love.

第一步你叫你的孩子和你坐一小会儿，然后直接明了地告诉他们你对他们无条件的爱。

As they hold the pictures of their beloved children, the participants of "Tears of Sichuan" seem to be asking simply for acknowledgment.

当他们抱着已逝孩子的遗照，参与“哭泣的四川”这部片的拍摄时，似乎只想要一个简单的证明。

If you get a message asking you to wait for a response for a few minutes, the system is in asynchronous mode.

如果您看到要求您花数分钟等待响应的消息，则系统就处于异步模式。

He began by holding up a baseball and asking what the point of the game was.

他举起一个棒球，开始问这种游戏的意义何在？

I try to engage my mom by gently asking her if she needs that item or trying to get her to part with it by coaxing.

我试图温柔的问我妈妈她是否需要那个东西，或者哄骗她以达到目的。

I guess I might take a look at it. How much is he asking?

我想我可以看看这辆车.他想要多少钱？

The reason seems to be that Iran was over-confident, offering too little and asking for too much.

原因似乎是伊朗过于自信，提供较少而索取太多。

No, I've put him in a terrible situation. I'm asking him to choose between his mother and me. I'm ashamed to admit it.

不，我使他处在极糟的情况下。我让他在我和他母亲之间做选择…我很惭愧地承认这一点。

One time she called home asking her mother why her aunt to let the parents, why her and not me or other people?

有一次她打电话回家质问妈妈为什么要让她在姑妈家长大，为什么是她而不是我或者其他人？

"I'm hoping to have a detailed conversation that ends with him asking for a date, " she said.

“我希望我能和他好好谈谈，并且在最后他主动提出约我出去”。