Initally 24 mm holes were drilled at the crack tips to arrest propagation.

Attempts are being made to arrest the spread of the disease.

现正设法遏止这种疾病的蔓延.

You're going to arrest me for trying to save my mother's life?

你要因为我去救我的母亲而逮捕我?

By doing that, he is laying himself open to arrest.

做了那件事, 致使他现在易遭到逮捕.

It happened late last century in 1895, to be exact.

事情发生在上个世纪末一准确地说,在1895年.

As usual , McNamara was ahead of his time-ten years, to be exact.

麦克纳马拉照例比时代先进 -- 准确地说先进了十年.

Mr. Brown liked to be exact.

布朗先生喜欢精确.

He's in his mid-fifties; well, fifty-six to be exact ( ie more accurately ).

他五十多岁; 嗯, 确切地说是 五十六 岁.

It's a 4-cylinder engine, or to be exact, a 4-cylinder, internal-combustion engine.

那是四汽缸引擎, 精确地说, 是四汽缸内燃机.

In 1948 to be exact, a new device, the transistor, was announced by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

确切地说, 是在1948年, 贝尔电话实验室把一种新的元件――晶体管公诸于世.

The program stars at 7 o clock everyday to be exact.

这个节目每天7点钟准时开始.

Well , forty-seven , to be exact.

准确的说, 是四十七年.

He is, to be exact, sixteen years old, and is not old enough join the army.

确切地说, 他才十六岁, 还没达到参军的年龄.

The program starts at 7 o'clock everyday to be exact.

每天晚上七点新闻联播肯定会准时播出.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

不精确是所有伟大事物的特点.

To be frank with you, you is a little too anxious to succeed.

坦率地讲, 你有点太着而不能成功.

To be frank with you, Mr Smith, the price you quoted is impossible.

坦率地讲, 司密斯先生, 你报的价格是不可能成交的.

To be frank with you, a discount of 4 % wouldn't help very much.

坦率地说, 百分之四的折扣帮助不大.

To be frank with you, 240 yuan per set can barely cover our production cost.

坦率地说, 每台240元勉强能支付生产成本.

To be frank with you, your counter  offer can not even cover our production cost.

坦率地讲, 贵方还价甚至不够我们的生产成本.

To be honest, I've got a preferable offer.

老实说, 我有唯一更好的任务机遇.