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

德思礼太太瘦削的人。她的脖子几乎比正常人长倍。这样每当她花许多时间隔着篱墙引颈而望、窥探左邻右舍时，她的长脖子就派上了大用场。

Uh Joey, that's just the minimum amount due, that's your total due.

乔伊，那只最低还款额，总额在这里。

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的汽油数量。

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

方面，它给我们提供了无限的信息。

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，他们的长处在于，将数量相当观的材料加以整合，并加入自己的独家报道，形成了关于这场危机历程的全面而权威的阐述。

Variable costs change with the amount produced.

变成本随生产数量的变化而变化。

We'll gradually enlarge our selling amount later.

以后我们会逐渐扩大我们的销售额。

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于政变。

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

他具体的受贿额并没有公布。

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.

德思礼太太瘦削的人。她的脖子几乎比正常人长倍。这样每当她花许多时间隔着花园围栏引颈而望、窥探左邻右舍时，她的长脖子就派上了大用场。

Mary has a substantial amount of money in the bank.

玛丽在银行里有大笔钱。

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%的离婚率，缺乏沟通会导致美国每年数百万起的离婚案例——这实质上就不良沟通引的流行病。

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.

他们的方法不为了试图估算特定区域的海洋中实际动物总数（活着生物的总数），而研究单位面积中海洋生物数量的变化。

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

我直很钦佩他们的才华与干劲。

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的各国家进行了大量的投资，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的人均公共支出——因此，单独支出也不解决问题的办法。

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

我在离开之前还有大量的工作要做。

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。