High interest rates put a curb on spending.

高抑制了消费。

I'm sorry you've had a wasted journey.

抱歉劳你白跑一趟。

Several small businesses consolidated to form a large powerful company.

几家小企业合并成了一家实力雄厚的大型公司。

The brain needs a continuous supply of blood.

大脑需要不断地供血。

Viewed from the top of Mount Tai, the sunrise was indeed a spectacle.

从泰山顶上看去，日出真个奇观。

A serial killer is on the loose!

有个连环杀手正逍遥法外！

Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing.

要认真做好出版工作。

The businessman was sent to prison for trying to corrupt a tax official with money.

那个商人因企图向税务官员行贿而被判入狱。

A tiglon is a cross between a lion and a tiger.

虎狮狮子和老虎的杂交种。

A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.

骡子雌马和驴的杂交种。

A tigon is a cross between a tiger and a lion.

虎狮老虎和狮子交配的产品。

A small room; a cubbyhole; a small secluded room; a small compartment.

有小房间，小隔间（橱），隐蔽的小房间，等等意思。具体翻译要看上下文而定。

An electron has a negative charge,a proton has a positive charge.

电子带负电荷,质子带正电荷。

A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.

谜画中有一只猫(cat)站在一块木头(a log)上, 谜底catalog(目录)。

A dime is a tenth of a dollar.

一角银币之一美元。

I'm a renegade, a turncoat, a Scalawag.

我个叛徒，变节者，流氓。

The four-building complex will include a library, a museum, an auditorium and a planetarium.

由四栋房屋所构成的这座综合建筑将包括一个图书馆、一个博物馆、一个礼堂及一个天文馆。

A chair consists of a seat with a back.

椅子由椅座和椅背构成的。

I was a nuisance, an incumbrance, and a pest.

我一个讨厌的东西，一个累赘，和一个祸害。

When a catalytically active enzyme forms a complex with a cofactor a holoenzyme is produced.

酶蛋白和辅助因子两者结合成完整子时，形成具有活力的全酶。