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，语言的语法结能对一个社会的文化产生深远的影响。

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

算是防患于未然的治疗手段。

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。

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。

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'.

些话都叫她老人家听得高兴极了，我总觉得我应该在方面特别留意。"

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.

如果纳米技术能够像预想中那样，以一种90个原子成的件合发展的话，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。

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”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，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，水分子会借由凝聚彼此吸引，在其表面形成一股张，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?

我还能再相信几乎被我当成了上帝的那个人吗？

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.

是受到中美贸易战影响的原材料之一，但现在两国已经呼吁一种贸易休战。

However, he said that the sound proceeded from a very large owl, in a hollow tree; a sort of learned owl, that continually knocked its head against the branches.

可是他却说声音是住在一株空树里的大猫头鹰发出来的。只猫头鹰的脑袋里装的全是智慧。它不停地把脑袋撞着树。