And to know that everything around and underneath had been from prehistoric times as unaltered as the stars overhead, gave ballast to the mind adrift on change, and harassed by the irrepressible New.

同时知道，周围上下的一切，跟天上的繁星一样，从史前时期以来未曾有过变动，这时候，随着人世变幻无常而漂泊不定的心灵小船有了压舱石，因无法制止的日新月异而受到困扰的心定下来。

We've released ballast weight on the bottom to -- to spring us off the bottom and head for the surface and so it's about a three and a half hour ride up.

我们释放底部的压载物，这样我们从底部弹起，冲上水面，所以大约需要3半小时回到水面。

Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore, as cargo, ballast, ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship.

然后岸上的观众听到了雷鸣般的轰响。当物口、压舱物、弹药和400人轰地一声滑向陡斜的左舷时。

Existing hands provide cultural ballast; joiners bring fresh skills and perspectives.

现有的人手保住企业化；新加入者带来新的技能和视角。

In fact, ballast water has been linked to several outbreaks of cholera across the world!

事实上，压舱水已经和世界范围的几次霍乱爆发联系起来了！

For three hours, the dirigible circled the landing field at Lakehurst New Jersey, dumping more water ballasts than ever before in vain efforts to level off.

这艘飞船在新泽西州莱克赫斯特的机场上空盘旋了三小时，倾下了比以往任何时候都多的压舱水，但却无法平衡船体。

Because if you're like me and you carry two inner tubes in your saddlebag and you've got two inner tubes inside your tyres, that's potentially about 400 grams worth of ballast in your bike.

因为如果你像我一样，在鞍袋里放两，在轮里放两，那么你的自行车里可能有大约 400 克的压载物。

Ren said coal would still serve as a “ballast stone” in maintaining the domestic energy security, while the government would establish a comprehensive clean energy supply system with advances to key nuclear power and hydropower station projects coming in the future.

任表示，煤炭仍将是维护国能源安全的“压舱石”，而政府将建立一全面的清洁能源供应体系，未来将推进关键的核电和水电站项目。

If NASA were doing this, they probably would have put in ballast, which would have been a bunch of bricks or concrete or something for weight.

如果是NASA的话，他们很可能会装上压舱材料，压舱材料可能是一堆砖头或混凝土或一些分量重的东西。

When the crew of a submarine wants to dive, they fill the ballast tanks with water, increasing the density of the sub.

当潜艇上的船员想要潜入水时，他们往压载舱里注水，增加潜艇的密度。

Track ballast holds the sleepers in place, so that they don't move longitudinally or laterally when heavy trains roll over them.

轨道压载物将枕木固定在适当的位置，这样当重型火车辗过枕木时，枕木不会纵向或横向移动。

I could hear the ballast tanks filling little by little, and the Nautilus sank gently beneath the surface of the waves.

我听到储水器慢慢地装满了水，“鹦鹉螺号”缓缓地潜入水中。

A native of the western Atlantic, it presumably had been transported in a ship's ballast water and then been discharged.

这种原生在大西洋西部的栉水母，可能是被船舰的压舱水运到黑海水域后排出。

53.the location of discharge valve operating handle for ballast system is incorrect. Valve shaft to be of upwards for convenience.

压载系统排放阀操纵杆位置不对，阀杆应向上以便操作。

Coming to the throne at the age of 25, she successfully steered the monarchy through decades of turbulent change, with her personal popularity providing ballast during the institution's more difficult times.

她在25岁登基时，成功带领王室度过数十年的动荡变革，她的人声望在王室艰困时期发挥稳定作用。

About 80% of the goods traded between countries are carried on ships, which use ballasts that fill up and discharge with water.

大约 80%的国际物流是由货轮运输的，货轮以海水进出储水仓的方式调节船的浮力。

The panicked crowd running in view of newsreel cameras, with the hastily-dumped water ballasts still visible in the background.

惊慌失措的人群在新闻摄像机的镜头前狂奔，仓促丢弃的压舱水仍在背景中可见。

This way, the immense load that's exerted on the sleepers and track gets distributed evenly through the track ballast.

通过这种方式，施加在枕木和轨道上的巨大负荷均匀地分布在轨道道砟上。

13.pump out ballast water in ballast tanks

排压载水舱的压载水。

Since stones in the track ballast are jagged, they interlock with each other.

由于轨道道砟中的石头是参差不齐的，所以它们相互交错。