It's an uncommon weather event, an electrical phenomenon known as St. Elmo's fire.

这是一个罕见的天气现象，一种被称为“圣埃尔莫之火”的电现象。

In contrast, lenders assume cars only depreciate, and charge accordingly: annual subprime interest rates average 14%, and 25% is not uncommon.

相反，出借人只期望汽车贬值，并且相应地进行收费：均次率为14%，甚至25%也常见。

So we have a double, triple, quadruple, quintupler, that's five, and in there sextuple and septuple, but those are very uncommon words.

我们有两倍，三倍，四倍，五倍，这是五的意思，六倍和七倍，但是这些都是很不常见的词。

Master Moody, my next instructor, was thought to have uncommon qualifications for teaching oratory.

我的下一任老师穆迪被认为在教授演说术上具有非凡的能力。

It's not uncommon in this part of the world.

这并非什么罕见之事。

Now, British research psychologist Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak.

现在，英国的研究心理学家Graham Schafer已经发现婴儿远在他们学会说话之前就能学会一些不寻常事物的单词。

It's not uncommon to be offered many more plastic bags than one could ever need when visiting supermarkets and shopping malls, but slowly things are starting to change for the better.

人们在逛超市和大商场时，得到比所需多出许多的塑料袋，这并不少见，但慢慢地，这种情况开始好转。

After all if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, you don't need to canvas back and forth wandering and whistling in hopes of spotting an uncommon duck to fit the " bill" .

毕竟，如果它看起来像只鸭子，像鸭子一样游来游去，像鸭子一样呱呱叫，你不需要徘徊并吹口哨，希望能发现一只符“安排”的不寻常的鸭子。

There is an infinite amount we are angry and sad about that it would take an uncommon degree of courage to face up to.

我们会有很多大发雷霆以及悲伤的可能性，需要有无比的勇气来面对。

Taking advantage of the uncommon layout of the Beje, and with the help of an architect in the resistance, Corrie had a secret room — a Hiding Place — built behind a fake wall in her own bedroom.

用两栋房子不寻常的布局，在一位抵抗运动的建筑师的帮助下，柯丽在自己卧室的假墙后面建了一个密室——一个藏身之处。

It's not uncommon for water to enter the outer atrium.

水进入中庭是很常见的。

In England, however, big public displays of emotion are uncommon.

但在英格兰，大张旗鼓地公开表达情感是不常见的。

It was not uncommon to commission portraits of dead people.

委托别人为死者画像并不罕见。

It's not uncommon for a ship to arrive and then have to wait days before conditions are safe enough to offload anything.

船只抵达后往往要等上好几天，才能安全卸货。

First, understand that your brain latches more readily onto things that are tangible, visual, and uncommon than it does with the abstract or the mundane.

首先，要明白你的大脑更容易抓住那些有形的、可视的、不寻常的东西，而不是抽象的或很平凡的东西。

This isn't uncommon, but throwing money into marketing doesn't always work out.

这并不罕见，但将资金投入营销并不总是奏效。

So where's the sense in this uncommon biological process?

那麽这不寻常的生物过程 有甚麽意义？

Sadly, it isn't uncommon that our thoughts may eventually grow very dark indeed.

遗憾的是，我们的想法最终变得非常阴暗，这并非罕见。

But that does not mean the person used uncommon cooking methods or ingredients.

但这并不意味着这个人使用了不寻常的烹饪方法或配料。

But now the birds live freely in parts of Florida and they are not uncommon.

但现在孔雀这种鸟在佛罗里达的部分地区自由地生活着，它们并不罕见。