Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend.

快乐是一种意料不到的收益。

Stillness may be considered (a sort of) abasement.

以静为下。

Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism which, in its strongest form, states that language imprisons the mind, and that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far-reaching consequences for the culture of a society.

沃夫进而相信某种类似语言决定论的观点，其极端说法是：语言禁锢思维，语言的语法结构对一个社会的化产生深远的影。

But the wool ended up just a sort of watery cream shade.

但是羊毛只是有点水黄色的阴影。

Well, it's a sort of a preemptive strike.

算是防患于未然的治疗手段。

These are the kind of little things which please her ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay'.

这些话都叫她老人家听得高兴极了，我总觉得我应该在这方面特别留意。"

And, if nanotechnology progresses as expected, as a sort of building block set of about 90 atoms, then you could build anything you wanted from the bottom up.

如果纳米技术够像预想中那样，以一种90个原子组成的构件组合发展的话，我们就可以彻底建造出任何想要的东西。

Her eccentricities and shortcomings are not only given a pass but a sort of primacy.

她的怪癖和缺点不仅被忽略了，甚至还被认为是最重要的。

" Wildlife conservation is a warning of a sort of elephant genocide in Tanzania."

“野生动物保护本身就警示我们坦桑尼亚大象濒临灭绝。”

While we're on the topic of " work, " the conversation around side hustle continues to grow. While side hustles aren't without risk, the reality is that more workers are opting for a sort of portfolio career — whether by choice or necessity.

当我们谈论" 工作" ，对副业的讨论不断增加。 尽管从事副业有一定的风险，实际上仍然有越来越多的上班族身兼数职，无论是出于自愿的还是生活所迫。

He was still angry, with a sort of numb despair, at the condition of Palestinians, the moral turpitude of the Palestinian Authority and Israel's boot on the neck, controlling everything.

他对巴勒斯坦人的处境，巴勒斯坦权力机构的道德败坏，以及以色列强行控制着一切感到很愤怒，带着一种麻木的绝望。

Ron opened his mouth to retort but nothing came out and, after a moment, he closed it again, and defeated it in a sort of way.

罗恩张了张嘴想反驳，但什么也没说出来，愣了一会儿，又把嘴合上了，一副垂头丧气的样子。

When most people think of the word “education, ” they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing.

大部分人提到“教育”这个词时，都会把一个小学生想成一种活生生的香肠肠衣。

For too many of us, learning appears to be a surrender of our own will to external direction, a sort of enslavement.

对我们当中的很多人来说，学习似乎是要让我们的自我意志屈服于外部的管理，这实际上是一种奴役。

Water has the tendency to stick to itself; its molecules are attracted to each other through a force called cohesion which creates a tension on its surface that you can imagine as a sort of invisible skin.

水有相吸的特性，水分子会借由凝力彼此吸引，在其表面形成一股张力，可以想像成一层隐形皮肤。

The cones are about four inches long and covered with a sort of varnish and gum, rendering them impervious to moisture.

锥体长约四英寸， 上面覆盖着一种清漆和树胶， 使它们不受潮。

Could I ever again trust the being I had turned into a sort of god?

我还再相信几乎被我当成了上帝的那个人吗？

A sort of frozen castle that recalls a short story by author F. Scott Fitzgerald.

这是一座冰封的城堡，让人想起作家F. Scott Fitzgerald.的一篇短篇小说。

What we're doing is trying to create a sort of generic facility, a habitat.

我们正在做的是试图创造一种通用的设施，一个栖息地。

That's one of the materials that have been impacted by a trade war between the United States and China but now the two country has called a sort of trade truce.

这是受到中美贸易战影的原材料之一，但现在两国已经呼吁一种贸易休战。