Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde, and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors

德思礼太太是一个瘦削金发女人。她几乎比正常人长一倍。这样每当她花许多时间隔着篱墙引颈而、左邻右舍时，她长可就派上了大用场。

It's an almost unimaginable amount of energy.

此能量大得几近难以想像。

A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car.

汽油表指示出汽车里所剩汽油数量。

On the one hand, it sends us unlimited amounts of information.

一方面，它给我们提供了无限信息。

Still, they have synthesised an impressive amount of that material and supplemented it with their own reporting to produce a comprehensive and authoritative account.

不过，他们长处在，将数量相当可观材料加以整合，并加入自己独家报道，形成了关这场危机历程全面而权威阐述。

Variable costs change with the amount produced.

可变成本随生产数量变化而变化。

STEP 3 Be alert for signs that a partner has a special online relationship: spending an inordinate amount of time on their computer, or changing their screen when you enter the room.

花费太多时间上网，或者当你进入房间时切换屏幕。

He said the investigation amounted to essentially a coup.

他说这项调查从本质上说相当政变。

The exact amount of bribes hasn't been made clear.

他具体受贿金额并没有公布。

Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours.

德思礼太太是一个瘦削金发女人。她几乎比正常人长一倍。这样每当她花许多时间隔着花园围栏引颈而、左邻右舍时，她长可就派上了大用场。

Mary has a substantial amount of money in the bank.

玛丽在银行里有一大笔钱。

Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year — a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.

考虑到目前美国接近50%离婚率，缺乏沟通会导致美国每年数百万起离婚案例——这实质上就是不良沟通引发流行病。

Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time.

他们方法不是为了试图估算特定区域海洋中实际动物总数（活着生物总数），而是研究单位面积中海洋生物数量变化。

I've always been a tremendous admirer of the sheer amount of talent and drive that exists in China.

我一直很钦佩他们才华与干劲。

The UK Government already invests significant amounts across the nations of the UK, and the Barnett Formula rightly delivers higher public spending per head in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland – so spending alone is not the answer, either.

英国政府已经在英国各个国家进行了大量投资，而巴尼特公式正确地在威尔士，北爱尔兰和苏格兰提供了更高人均公共支出——因此，单独支出也不是解决问题办法。

I have a prodigious amount of work to do before I leave.

我在离开之前还有大量工作要做。

Biologists say they're encouraged by the amount of reproductive activity they're seeing this time around.

生物学家称这次珊瑚产卵让他们深受鼓舞。

Many plans require pharmacists to collect payment when prescriptions are filled and prohibit them from waiving or reducing the amount.

协议规定，药剂师在配药时收取费用，并严禁他们放弃或减少费用。

So we have a great amount of time for leisure than in decades past.

也就是说我们比十几年前拥有休闲时间多很多。

But Janet Yellen said borrowing rates would remain low for, in her words, a " considerable amount of time" .

但珍妮特·耶伦称借款利率仍“在相当长时间内”保持很低。