No countries have purple on their flag because up until the 1800s, purple was worth more than its weight in gold.

没有国家在国旗上使用紫色是因为，直到 1800 代，紫色价值比与其等重的黄金还要。

Well, a good translation would be " flattering photos." Here, flattering is used as an adjective that means making someone look or seem better or more attractive than usual.

嗯，我觉得英文有个不错的说法就是flattering photos，其中的flattering是个形容词，表示（照片等）比本人看的。

Apple's announcements at its WWDC event and promises to include more artificial intelligence were a pivot for the company after it held off longer than competitors such as Microsoft in debuting consumer-facing AI tools.

苹果在其开发者大会上宣布并承诺将纳入更多人工智能，这是该公司的一个转折点，因为它比微软等竞争对手更晚推出面向消费者的人工智能工具。

Clean dry floors usually have less germs than wet textured surfaces like carpets.

清洁干燥的地板通常比地毯等湿纹理表面的细菌少。

Let's just wait in here for Gabby, okay?

我们在这里等盖比 吗？

That is not a high number compared to states like California.

这个数字和加利福尼亚等其他州比起来不算很高。

He also believed this message was easier to hear from a woman than a man.

他也相信，让女性自己说出来比等着男性提出来更容易。

I bet that's a whole lot better than waiting for people to get it wrong.

我敢说这比等着别人出错太多了。

Since natural events like floods, droughts, and wildfires are happening more often and doing more damage than they used to, we may actually be seeing more Act of God cases pop up in court in the future.

由于洪水、干旱和野火等自然事件比以往发生得更频繁，造成的损失也更大，我们可能会在未来看到更多的 " 天灾 " 案件出现在法庭上。

Germany accepted more than a million refugees last year, but German respondents in the poll were less convinced about the case for taking in refugees than other European nationalities such as the British.

德国收了超过100万难民，但是德国受调查者对于受难民方面比英国等其他欧洲国家更加消极。

She was much more active on civil rights, on poverty, on coal miners than he was and really made his presidency more socially just than it would have been.

她在民权、贫困、煤矿工人等问题上比他积极得多，这确实让他的总统任期在社会问题上比过更加公正。

Florida friendly business regulation and Wealthy inhabitants have made it a real financial hub that's easier to attract talent to than more expensive and less lifestyle friendly cities like New York.

佛罗里达州友的商业法规和富裕的居民使其成为一个名副其实的金融中心，比纽约等生活成本更高、生活方式更不友的城市更容易吸引人才。

And even if they don't fear them, children are able to pick out images of spiders and snakes faster than images of non-threatening animals, like bunnies.

即使他们不害怕他们，孩子们能够比兔子等非威胁性动物的图像更快地识别蜘蛛和蛇的图像。

Base metals, like lead, iron and tin, were seen as more primitive than gold and silver, which were regarded as " noble" .

人们认为铅，铁和锡等贱金属比被认为是 “重”的金和银更原始。

Delays were so bad on lines going north from London that it was quicker for some commuters to trudge home on foot.

从伦敦往北的线路延误严重，需要通勤的人走路回家都比等延误的车要快。

How is it that the U.K. was able to get approval for the vaccine so quickly ahead of countries like the U.S.?

为什么英国获得疫苗批准的时间比美国等国早这么多？

In previous years it's created booms around new interpretations of works like The Great Gatsby, which entered the public domain in 2021.

前几，围绕着对《了不起的盖茨比》等作品的新改编创造了繁荣，该作品于 2021 进入公共领域。

There's also evidence that meals consumed during special occasions such as Christmas elicit stronger, positive emotions than regular meals do.

也有证据表明，在圣诞节等特殊场合用餐比正常用餐更能引发更强烈、更积极的情绪。

Countries like the United States, Britain, Japan, Germany and Sweden certainly use more paper than other countries.

像美国、英国、日本、德国、瑞典等国家肯定要比其他国家用纸要多。

Sometimes there are things that people should do, but they wait longer than necessary to do them.

有时候，有些事情人们应该做，但他们却等了比必要时间更久才做。