This roughness occurs on a small scale, involving grain boundaries and failure surfaces.

Everything on a small scale and the hills look higher than they really are.

一切都小巧精致,群山则显得更加高大雄伟.

The movement on a small scale.

这项运动规模不大.

Sanming is said to be Shanghai on a small scale.

据说,(福建)三明是小上海.

Hold on a small scale, the asset quality of banks should not be much affected.

加上持有规模不大, 各家银行的资产质量所受影响应该不会太大.

In the short term, on a small scale, it's true.

在短期内, 在小范围内, 这是对的.

It means learning to enter and exit in response to predefined signals rather on a whim.

就是根据提前设置好的信号进场,出场,而不是冲动地进进出出.

We should not engage in risky procedures on a whim.

我们不该随随便便冒险开始这个流程.

On a whim, I put the map upside down.

我突发奇想, 把地图倒过来.

Think about how much money you spend buying things on a whim.

好好想一下,你因为心血来潮花了多少钱买东西.

She bought it on a whim.

她一时心血来潮买了它.

You cannot call the emergency number on a whim.

急救电话是不能随意拨打的.

Under the new rules, credit-card companies can't jack up interest rates on a whim.

在新法案规定下, 信用卡公司不能凭着心血来潮随意提高贷款利率.

Along with a fellow Parkinson's sufferer, Temple decided, on a whim, to form a choir.

而后, 谭普一时兴起, 决定与同为帕金森氏症的病友组成合唱团.

Regulations are changed on a whim, resulting in aberrant results that distort long-established competitive values.

规则可以因为一时的兴致而改变, 造成的异常结果扭曲了确立已久的竞争价值观.

As president, he can dissolve parliament on a whim.

作为总统, 他可以随意解散议会.

He picked people on a whim, without rhyme or reason.

他选人时总是随心所欲，毫无根据。

The meeting was postponed on account of the chairman's illness.

由于主持人生病,会议延期了.

I don't want to upset her on account of the milk.

我不想让她不高兴,要不,会影响奶水的.

The flight was postponed on account of bad weather.

因为天气恶劣,飞行延期了.

We're late on account of the bad traffic.

我们迟到是因为交通拥挤.