Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.

从类初有了智慧至今，们一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是一般肮脏的工作。

Autonomy is an instrument of cohesion, not separation.

自治权是国家凝聚力的工具，不是分离的工具。

Well, first you need the right tools!

这个嘛，首先，你需要适当的工具！

These hill slopes of Yuanyang county plunge nearly 2 thousand meters to the floor of the Red River Valley, each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools.

阳县的山坡以两千米之势斜插于红河谷地的河床，每个山坡都包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田。

The can opener's in the utensil drawer.

开罐器在放工具的抽屉里。

Some people worry that the Internet, once hailed as the ultimate learning tool, could become the best aid yet for cheating.

有些担心，曾经被奉的学习工具的互联网会成作弊者得力的帮手。

And one of the big questions is where did the tools come from?

重要的一个问题是他们的工具是从哪儿来的？

And that is a college degree, which can be a trans-formative tool in our society when you talk about upward mobility.

那就是毕业证，它可以作你毕业以后进入社会升职加薪的工具。

We're looking at it from a tools perspective.

我们从工具的角度来看。

It was put in place to unify the country at the national level.

公制被用来作统一国家的工具。

Next, a great big story about pigments, substances that become paint or ink when they're mixed with liquid.

接下来，我们要说一说颜料的故事。颜料就是混与水之后可供作画的工具。

In the end, there is only one way to see Taupo. My ride has arrived.

终究说来，欣赏陶波湖只有一种方式。我的代步工具来了。

Well, you have all the tools and resources to create your own speed alteration exercise.

所有的工具和资源都有了，你可以自己进行变速练习了。

The earliest ones were probably just sticks and stones.

早的工具大概就是树枝和石头。

But it is divided along factional lines and has few tools to impose its writ.

但是它沿着派系线来划分并且用一些工具来加强自己的法令。

Humor can be an amazing tool for delivering an honest message in a good-natured way.

幽默是个相当神奇的工具，它能让我们用友善的方式传递真实的想法。

A purpose which he communicated using the best tools of his day.

他用当时有力的工具 传达了这个使命。

The researchers were exploring linguistic tools people use to assure fluid communication.

研究员探索们了保证流畅沟通所使用的语言工具。

Of course, to do that we always need tools, which are expensive to buy, so we welcome any that you can give.

当然，这么做需要工具的帮助，这些工具很贵。所以我们欢迎任何工具的赠送。

They really have become a powerful tool for Russian opposition voices. I would expect them to see some retribution from those going forward.

这些公司对俄罗斯反对派声音来说是有力的工具。我预计这些公司未来会遭受惩罚。