Their towering offices loom empty without purpose.

他们高耸的办公室里陡然间空无一人。

Broader stockmarket indices fell, but not precipitously.

更广泛的股市指数下降，但并非陡然下跌。

The black wings cracked like thunder, and suddenly the scarlet sands were falling away beneath her.

黑色的翅膀雷鸣般展开，腥红沙地陡然被抛脚下。

Lord Hoster's eyes opened. " Tansy, " he husked in a voice thick with pain.

霍斯特公爵的眼睛却陡然张开。" 艾菊。" 他嘶哑的声音中带的苦痛。

Scientific instruments inside the volcano's cracks record a sudden drop in temperature, and much less volcanic gas.

山缝中的科学仪器记录到了温度的陡然下降，和火山气体的减少。

" Theon" ? Bran felt dizzy with relief. " Did Robb send you? Is he here too" ?

" 席恩？" 布兰因陡然宽慰而眩晕。" 是柏派你来的吗？他也回来了吗？"

" Theon, " Robb said suddenly. " What happened to Theon Greyjoy? Was he slain" ?

" 席恩，" 柏陡然喊道，" 席恩·葛雷乔伊呢？他死了没有？"

In their flat, she took off her coat to see herself before the mirror, but suddenly she uttered a cry.

寓所，子跟前脱下外套，再次端详自己。但是陡然间发出了一声狂叫。

This here's a sheer fall to the street of fifty feet.

这里是从五十英尺高的街道上陡然坠落。

The path began to climb steeply upwards.

【upwards】小路开始陡然向上。

A sudden wild-beast light sprang up in the dark, menacing eyes of the master criminal.

凶神恶煞的黑眸中， 陡然升起一抹凶光。

The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below.

【drop】悬崖往海面陡然而下一百多英尺。

In 1957 it was an obvious question with Christian Dior dead and Yves Saint Laurent suddenly running a famous fashion house.

1957年，克里斯汀·迪奥去世，经营著名时装品牌的重担陡然落伊夫·圣·洛朗身上，因此，这是个显而易见的问题。

I know, Harry told the music, I know I mustn't...but no sooner had he thought it, than the thing became much harder to do.

我知道，哈利对音乐说，我知道不能断掉......可是他刚想到这里，维持连接的难度陡然增加了。

So even if the portion of infections that need a trip to the hospital stays the same, the absolute number is going to jump up.

因此即便需要住院的感染者的比例不便，其绝对值也会陡然上升。

And people everywhere felt the need for a family and security after the long, difficult years of the war. So the birth rate increased suddenly.

漫长而艰难的战争岁月之后，世界各地的人们都认识到家庭和安全的必要，因此出生率陡然增加。

The smaller masses of slate, rising abruptly from the dry, grassy sod in leaning slabs, look like ancient tombstones in a deserted burying-ground.

较小的石板块从干燥的、长满草的草皮上陡然升起， 呈倾斜的石板状， 看起来就像荒凉墓地中的古老墓碑。

He was saying some last word to her but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye.

他还跟说最后一句话，可是这时有几个人走过来和他告别，他原先热切的态度陡然收敛，变成了拘谨。

" Nice name" . His voice changed sharply, saying: " Wait a minute. You the guy that was mixed up with Lennox" ?

“好名字”。 他声音陡然一变， 道：“等一下，你就是那个和伦诺克斯混一起的家伙” ？

And from what Harry had just heard, Snape would be walking with a new spring in his step — Quirrell seemed to have given in at last.

从脚步声听，斯内普的步子陡然变得轻快了——看来奇洛终于投降了。