It made me wonder if marriage has become an old-fashioned bore – unnecessary in modern times when women can live independently and premarital sex gets two thumbs up.

Well, they pay for sex, but end up chatting or having dinner and never get around to physical contact.

当然他们买的时候说是要性，但最后却只聊天吃饭，而没有身体接触。

All right. A new sex scandal boiling up on Capitol Hill and it's already cost a congressman his job.

美国国会再现性丑闻，涉及到此丑闻的议员已经辞职。

The family planning policy, which was introduced in the 1980s to encourage each couple to have just one child, has pushed the sex ratio at birth up to some degree.

计划生育政策在20世纪80年代出台，鼓励一对夫妻只生一个孩子，这一政策使得出生人口性别比上升到了一定的高度。

Pull on some pants Sex up a suit with a soft blouse, and add alittle sparkle with accessories.

穿宽松长裤搭配一件轻柔的衬衫，使西装更显性感，以配饰来增加些许亮点。

Dozens of Same sex couples are lined up in the court house today, waiting to get marriage licenses.

今天，数十名同性情侣在法庭外面排队等待领取结婚证。

With lingerie shops hawking lacy bras and sex shops springing up on neighborhood corners, China's once demure style has become noticeably racier.

随着出售蕾丝胸罩的内衣店和性用品商店在街头巷尾纷纷冒出，中国人从前保守矜持的着装风格如今变得出奇地活泼开放。

Being a student at the University of Iowa, the topic of same sex marriage comes up quite frequently in classroom discussions* you know.

身为爱荷华大学的学生，同性婚姻的话题在课堂讨论上常常被提起。

Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

性就是用最少的时间制造最多的麻烦。

Martial arts from China on personality forming ways, proposed to martial arts discipline of transferring technology to the human body to the men and women or sex personality shaping up.

从中国武术运动对人格塑造方面看，建议将武术技术对人身体的规训作用发挥到对男女两性或者多性化人格的塑造上来。

A new sex scandal boiling up on Capitol Hill and it's already cost a congressman his job.

美国国会内部又出现了一起桃色新闻，已经导致一名国会议员下岗。

From Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan, sex has spiced up film forever.

从《开放的美国学府》（Fast Times at Ridgemont High）里的菲比·凯茨（Phoebe Cates）到《黑蛇呻吟》（Black Snake Moan）里的克里斯蒂娜·里奇（Christina Ricci），性开始成为电影必不可少的元素。

Sex up commercial advertisements to attract customers The sale was just a come-on to get customers into the store.

使商业广告充满性感内容以招徕顾客大拍卖只是一种吸引顾客的花招。

The trial flight has made the grade.

试飞成功.

The results did show that the trial-flight was satisfactory.

结果确已表明试飞是令人满意的.

In actual trial flight, want to define the limit of safe flight, must exceed the limit.

在实际的试飞中, 要确定安全飞行的极限, 就必须超过极限.

WEAV is expected to first trial flight in 4 months.

无翼飞机首次试飞预计将于4个月内实施.

I'm to take flight CA 991 to Vancouver. Can you tell me when the check-in begins?

我准备乘坐飞往温哥华的CA991航班. 请问什么时候开始办理值机手续?

C : Dear miss, if you take Flight 888, you have to change plane at Tokyo.

C:亲爱的女士, 888次航班中途将在东京转机.

When faced with a threat, our common responses are to fight, or take flight.

我们在面对威胁时, 一般反应是抵抗或者逃走.

But it is the combination of innovation and vitality that allows our work to take flight.

但是,创新必须结合其持久性才能使我们的工作得到长足的发展.