Some scientists believe that they are connected to legendary atlantes, others suppose their ancestors were Egyptians.The Maya created an efficient agricultural system,

However, the EU is likely to be weaker if Britain leaves and Europe is also less likely to see eye-to-eye with America since a British presence in Brussels is seen as promoting economic openness and a more robust and Atlanticist foreign policy.

然而，如果英国退出，欧盟可能变得虚弱，同时欧洲也不那么可能与美国坦诚相见因为英国在欧盟的成员国资格，被视为有利于促进经济开放和更有力的大西洋主义外交政策。

First, the US made an effort to re-engage diplomatically with the continent; then more Atlanticist leaders emerged such as President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.

首先，美国致力于重新建立与欧洲大陆的外交联系，其次涌现出更多如法国总统尼古拉•萨科齐（Nicolas Sarkozy）和德国总理安格拉•默克尔（Angela Merkel）这样的大西洋主义领导人。

Estonians are naturally Atlanticist, but the Obama administration sometimes seems to find it easier to be nice to its foes than its friends.

爱沙尼亚是顺理成章的北约成员，但是奥巴马政府有时似乎更愿意与之成为敌人而不是朋友。

Washington now has in Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy two Atlanticist leaders, and France has rejoined Nato's military structure.

如今华盛顿已经拥有了安格拉默克尔（Angela Merkel）和尼古拉萨科齐（Nicolas Sarkozy）这两位奉行大西洋主义的领导人，法国也重新加入了北约（NATO）的军事框架。

Indeed there is almost a danger that Mr Sarkozy's Atlanticist leanings have raised expectations unrealistically high in Washington and London.

萨尔科齐先生的大西洋主义倾向名不副实地抬高了华盛顿和伦敦的期望，这确实差不多是个危险。

He is an Atlanticist, though not a passionate one, and a gentle free-marketeer.

他是一个大西洋主义者，尽管不是那么激情四射，同时他还是一个温和的自由市场主义者。

Mr Blair was both Britain's most Atlanticist and most Europhile prime minister;

布莱尔是英国最铁杆的大西洋主义者和最亲欧盟的首相；

That attitude alarms Germany's Atlanticist foreign-policy establishment, as well as its eastern neighbours.

这种态度让德国持大西洋主义立场的外交政策当局及东部邻国感到警惕。

By Lithuanian standards, she is not a great Atlanticist.

以立陶宛人的标准来看，她并不是一个真正的大西洋主义者。

The prime minister is an Atlanticist, but a less than devoted spokesman for a special relationship with Washington.

新首相是一位大西洋主义者，但对鼓吹英美特殊关系并不那么热衷。

It was a deceptively simple weapon, nothing more than a handheld stick with a protrusion or notch at one end where a dart could be set. Yet despite their simplicity, atlatl were so effective that it's even been theorized that they contributed to the extinction of the woolly mammoth they were used to hunt.

这是一个看似简单的武器，就是一个在末端具有突起或缺口（可以设置飞镖）的手持棍子，尽管其设计非常简单，但却非常有效，以至于有理论认为正因为人们用它来捕杀猛犸象，最终导致了猛犸象的灭绝。

Though they were eventually replaced with the easier-to-use bow and arrow, the atlatl stood the test of time, being used by the Aztecs even as late as the 1500s.

尽管其最终被更为方便的弓箭所代替，不过atlatl的使用持续了很长时间，甚至在16世纪时还被阿兹特克人作为武器使用。

While spears could only be thrown at limited speeds and distances, atlatl could launch darts at over 160 kilometers per hour ( 100 mph).

长矛只能以有限的速度抛出较短的距离，而梭镖投射器能以每小时160千米（100英里每小时）的速度向前抛出。

Even though pictures illustrate Huitzilopochtli with a spear and a snake in his hand, the snake was most likely a spear-thrower known as an atlatl.

虽然画中的威济洛波特利手持长矛和蛇，但是这条蛇更像是一个投矛器，也就是我们所知的投射器。

Archaeological evidence tells us that the use of the atlatl was also widespread, with examples found in every inhabited continent except Africa.

考古发现，atlatl的使用相当广泛，除了非洲之外，每一个有人居住的大陆都发现了它曾广泛被使用的证据。

A Stone Age dart weapon, the atlatl was the precursor to the bow and arrow.

梭镖投射器是石器时代的投掷武器，是弓和箭的前身。

The weapon's speed came from its flexibility. Both the atlatl and the dart were made of flexible wood.

武器的速度取决于它的灵活性，atlatl和飞镖都是用柔韧的木头制成。

The deck is a tool, but the final instrument of knowing is your Atma, or soul.

该教程只是一个工具书，真正掌握全套知识在于你的领悟（灵魂层面上）。

All the work is on improving the speed of devices, the reliability and how they interact with humans,' says Chris Ard, director of marketing for touch technology at semiconductor maker Atmel Corp., based in San Jose, Calif.

位于加利福利亚洲圣何塞的半导体制造商Atmel Corp.的触摸科技营销总监克里斯•阿德（Chris Ard）表示，所有的工作都集中在改进设备的速度、可靠性以及它们如何与人类互动方面。

The main processor is a180MHz Atmel AT91RM9200 system-on-chip.

主处理器是一个180MHz Atmel AT91RM9200系统芯片（system-on-chip）。