The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.

模仿鸟和啊鸟为争夺她窗下的一棵山茱萸又打了起来，在那里斗嘴，啊鸟的声音尖锐而昂扬，模仿鸟则娇柔而凄婉。

You see the combatants everywhere...engaged in their routine skirmishes.

你发现随处都有斗争者，在一切日常的冲突中。

However, scientists who engage in science communication must acknowledge that even in their area, their expertise is deep but narrow.

然而，从事科学传播的科学家必须承认，即使在他的领域，他的专业知识也很深，但很狭窄。

A procession was immediately formed by those engaged in the search.

参与搜寻的人立刻排成一队。

I didn't want you to think that I would think that you were the sort of woman who would engage in coitus simply because I cooked you a Szechuan dinner.

不想让你认为觉得你是那种就因为做了一顿四川菜就和做爱的女人。

Citizens are engaging in new crowdsourcing solutions.

市民致力于的公众解决方案。

In short, it means that rather than passively sitting back and simply letting someone else talk while waiting for your chance to speak, you engage in the conversation without words.

简言之，这意味着你不是被动地坐在后面，或单纯在等待你发言的机时听别人说话，而是你在无言的交谈中。

So, what kind of activities does the Science Fiction Club engage in?

所以在这个社团，进行什么样的活动呢？

A normal person wouldn't engage in the behavior.

一个正常人不有这种行为。

Like cats, babies appear to engage in what's called " preferential looking" — looking longer at things that are interesting or unusual than things they perceive as normal.

和猫类一样，小婴儿也进行所谓的“选择性观看”，与他认为很普通的事物相比，他对于有趣的事物或是不同寻常的事物注视更久。

The majority of cyberloafing research focuses on ways to prevent employees from engaging in this behavior through interventions such as internet monitoring and computer use policies.

大多数网络神游的研究都集中在如何通过互联网监控和电脑使用政策等干预措施来防止员工参与这种行为。

" Rats have been shown to engage in multiple forms of reciprocal help and cooperation, including what is referred to as direct reciprocity where a rat will help another rat that has previously helped them, " says Quinn.

“老鼠已经被证明进行多种形式的互惠帮助和合作，包括所谓的直接互惠，一只老鼠帮助另一只之前帮助过它的老鼠，”Quinn 说。

So even if you hate politics — and there are a lot of reasons to hate politics these days — you will have to engage in political dialogue, if only to survive Thanksgiving dinner with your crazy uncle.

因此，即使你讨厌政治——而且现在有很多理由讨厌政治——但是你也往往逃避不了涉及政治的对话。譬如，只是为了能与你疯狂的叔叔（或者其他家人）一起共进感恩节晚餐。

Harry did not immediately register what she had said; one of his castles was engaged in a violent tussle with a pawn of Ron's and he was egging it on enthusiastically.

哈利一时没反应过来，他的车正在和罗恩的一个卒子激烈搏斗，他正兴奋地给它加油鼓劲呢。

The more parents engaged in one-on-one baby talk, the more the baby babbled—which is a precursor to word production—and the more words they produced at age two.

父母用一对一的方式和婴儿交谈越多，后者咿呀学语就更多—这些都是词语构建的前体音节—并且这些孩子在2岁左右就能说更多的单词。

Officials should serve as loyal as they can conscientiously when they are in office and engage in modest self-reflection when their terms end.

入则恳恳以尽忠，出则谦谦以自悔。

The United States will use all means at its disposal to promote accountability for all those who engage in such abhorrent behavior.

美国将动用一切手段，促进对所有从事这种可恶行为的人追究责任。

Older workers were thought to be especially vulnerable because they were engaged in repetitive, unskilled manufacturing, the kind that was easiest to automate.

换句话说三分之一的劳动力，可能由于机器而失业。年老的工人的处境更脆弱因为他从事重复性无技术含量的制造业，而这些行业很容易被自动化取代。

The consortium builds on Lancaster University's position as one of the first British universities to engage in academic cooperation with China.

研究院建在兰卡斯特大学，兰卡斯特大学是最早与中国高校建立学术交流合作的英国大学之一。

Said student having an antipathy to the proctor who roomed beneath, was accustomed to squeeze piggy’s ears and make him squeal whenever said proctor was engaged in the study of the classics.

这个学生很讨厌住在楼F的学监，每当学监学习 古典学时，他就掐小猪的耳朵，让小猪发出嚎叫声。