To generalise wildly, there are two ways to control fertility: to have children quickly and then use contraception to stop having more, or to space out births, leaving longer intervals between each.

广泛地说，有两种方式来控制生育：第一种，每个孩子出生间隔尽量短，然后使用避孕的方法以防止生育更多；第二种，将孩子出生时间拉长，使每个孩子的年龄间隔变长。

Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities rather than acclimation blunders.

间隔年的种种经历能够减轻学生在适应大学生活以及身陷全新环境之时所遇到的挫折，使他们更容易专注于学业及集体活动上，而不必为适应心。

In point of fact the three actions of perceiving, determining, and responding were sequential; but so infinitesimal were the intervals of time between them that they appeared simultaneous.

说句实在话, 从发现情况到进行判断到作出反应本是一个连贯的行为, 在他身上表现出来的间隔时间太短了, 以至于成了同时发生的了。

And if you're wondering what a gap year means, that's when school leavers take a year to work or travel before starting university.

想知道间隔年是什么意思，间隔年指的是毕业生在上大学前花一年时间去工作或旅行。

Waiting until the last couple of days defeats the purpose of spaced repetition.

一直等到最后几天才打破间隔重复的目的。

If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.

假我当年没有旁听这门课程，Mac 也许就不会有那么多种不同的字体以及字符按比例间隔的字形。

The small breaks in between are relaxing and motivating to keep going.

间隔的片刻休息可以让放鬆，并且鼓舞继续前进。

In it, you've got five boxes, each of which represents a specific study interval.

这种体系中，可以准备五个盒子，每个方框代表一个特定的学习间隔。

Words are clearly identified by the spaces between them.

字词通过它们之间的间隔可以清楚地识别出来。

You can go back to your normal life when you have two consecutive tests for the coronavirus that are negative separated by 24 hours.

在间隔24小时的两次检测中都表现为阴性，那就可以恢复正常生活了。

Distributed practice forces you to do this repeatedly, while creating necessary space in between.

散练习迫使重复进行这样的过程，同时在两者之间创造必要的间隔。

Set nine alarms, and space them out three and a half minutes apart.

定9个闹钟，每个闹钟的间隔为3半。

There aren't any uncomfortable gaps or silences, and everything sounds more fluid.

没有让人不舒服的间隔或沉默，而且每件事都听起来更流畅了。

The interval between breakfast, lunch, and dinner should be about four hours.

早餐、午餐和晚餐之间的间隔应该为四个小时左右。

Because the time between breakfast and dinner in the evening increased, people got hungry and they needed food to give them energy - what Anastasia called sustenance.

因为早餐和晚餐之间的时间间隔变长了，人们感到饥饿，他们需要食物来供能 —— 安娜丝塔西亚称之为养料。

In contrast, lasers are so precise, you can target one cell in millions at precise intervals — every second, every minute, every hour — you name it.

相比之下，激光是此精确，可以在精确的时间间隔里瞄准数百万个细胞中的任何一个，一秒内、一内、一小时内，说了算。

Pitchers and batters, they can't take their good old time anymore, just 15 seconds between pitches with empty bases, 20 seconds when there are runners on base.

投手和击球手，他们不能再享受过去的美好时光了，空垒的投球间隔只有15秒，有跑垒者的投球间隔只有20秒。

That is to say, intervals between observation periods could vary-some longer, others shorter.

也就是说，观察时间段之间的间隔可能会不一样，有些长些，有些短些。

They realize that beyond the thickness of their visor in their space suit, was death.

他们意识到与死亡的间隔仅仅是他们太空服上面罩的厚度。

The pauses are just a little too long.

人与数字助手的对话间隔时间有点过长了。