They were banned in the 1980s, but the chemicals take a long time to break down and can linger in the oceans, accumulating in the blubber of whales, dolphins and porpoises1.

The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals1 traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks.

使用番茄工作法，就是用一个计时器把工作分为时间长度为25分钟的多个时段，每个时段之间作短暂休息。

Why are many students so easy to break down?

为什么很多学生会如此容易崩溃?

Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms' ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic ．

这项研究的合著者费德丽卡·贝尔托基尼说,蠕虫分解日常食物的能力也就是蜂蜡的能力，可以让它们分解塑料。

When the container is full, you can suck the refreshment out through the tube, and won't have to break down the still every time you need a drink ．

当容器装满时,你可以通过管子把饮用水吸出来，而不必每次要喝水都把蒸馏器弄坏。

Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills ．

贝尔托基尼对此表示赞同，并希望她的研究小组此次发现有一天能帮助人们使用酶来分解垃圾填埋场里的塑料。

In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices and spreading hunger in many other countries are beginning to break down the social order.

尽管有这些临时举措，在许多其他国家，不断飙升的粮食价格和逐步蔓延的饥饿开始对其社会秩序造成破坏。

Other initiatives fail to break down the data, too.

其他举措也未能改善这一状况。

We're trying to break down barriers between young people from both communities.

我们正试图消除两个不同社区的年轻人之间的隔阂。

She had been waiting for Simon to break down the barrier between them

她一直在等待西蒙打破他们之间的隔阂。

According to the Constitution, in post-election Burma, the army chief will continue to be the major power holder.

根据宪法，选举后的缅甸，三军总司令将继续执掌大权。

It may be copyright violation, but the power of the audience is far, far greater than the power of the copyright holder.

这也许是侵犯版权的，然而观众的力量远远，大大超过了版权所有人的力量。

A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering

防爆毯用于爆炸现场、防止碎片飞散的厚的绳网或电缆网

Lifting Technology of Heavy Steel Column with Rope Under Complex Condition

复杂条件下重型钢骨柱绳索吊装技术

The focus of attention was a Chinese youth standing silently, eyes lowered, coils of heavy hemp rope bound around his chest and arms.

众人瞩目的是一位中国青年，他静静地站着，双眼低垂，胸脯和手臂上捆着一圈圈粗大的麻绳。

( nautical) a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar.

（海）用来支撑桅杆的粗绳或金属索。

Coarse corded pottery shreds large heavy rope for nautical use.

饰有绳纹的粗陶碎片一种粗壮的船用绳索。

It was a single long piece of heavy rope tied to the beam over the north doorway.

它是一根一端系在谷仓北门房粱上的粗壮的长绳子。

Fidelity's Betty Ng, director of Fidelity's Asia-Pacific investment communications, says that the findings suggest Asians may face challenges in their future investment decisions, causing them to be overly cautious or too quick to embrace risk.

富达的亚太投资信息总监吴玉慈（Betty Ng）说，此次调查结果显示，亚洲人未来在投资决策方面可能会面临着一些挑战，他们有可能过于谨慎，或是缺乏必要的风险防范意识。

Executives in Japan and the West blame an overly cautious Japanese music industry for not adapting, and serious worries remain about Japan's ability to recover from its losses last year.

日本和西方行业高管都指责过度谨慎的日本音乐行业没有去适应大趋势，日本能否从去年的亏损中恢复过来也存在很大的疑问。

Perhaps AMD was being overly cautious after the disaster that was Barcelona, and have now realised that it doesn't need the extra time.

也许AMD在巴塞罗那灾难后变得过度谨慎了，现在它明白不需要那么长时间。