it attempts to explain an event, and is testable and falsifiable like a theory is, but on a more narrow scale.

for claire sulmers, a 27-year-old fashion blogger in new york, the stumper was an 'international' dress code.

27岁的纽约时尚博客作者克莱尔•萨默尔斯（ClaireSulmers）却是被“国际化服装”的着装规定难倒的。

right on . - then he asks all the kids at the pep rally

好极了。-然后他要求赛前动员会上的所有孩子

there ' s this one scene where a nerd grabs the microphone during a pep rally

有一个场面是在一次赛前动员会上，有一个书呆子抓起麦克风

hey , you know what ? there was a pep rally at school today

你知道吗？今天我们球队搞了个誓师大会

after that speech, mr roberts complained that the state-of-the-union message had become a "political pep rally" .

在奥演讲之后罗伯茨先生发出抗议：这个国情咨文演讲会已经成了“政治动员集会”。

continued peace depends on demobilizing rebel armies and finding livelihoods for thousands of refugees and former combatants.

持续的和平取决于调动叛军的积极性和为成千上万难民和前战斗人员找到谋生手段。

new york couple really will be on cloud nine when they marry later this month: they'll exchange vows in zero gravity.

当一对纽约未婚夫妻本月稍后结婚时，他们真的会高兴到飘飘然：他们将在无重力状态下互许誓言。

you seem to be on cloud nine these days. how is your restaurant business?

你近来有些高兴得飘飘然。餐馆的生意怎么样？

hey, bob. you seem to be on cloud nine. what's the big news?

嗨，鲍勃。你高兴地飘飘然的，有什么重要新闻吗？

why men have pot bellies and women have large rears

为何男人有啤酒肚，女人有肥臀部

they had giant pot bellies, and they sometimes slurred their words in the afternoons.

他们有着巨大的将军肚，有时下午说话都含糊不清。

they are ugly and wild with staring eyes, unkempt red hair and pot-bellies. they have clawed feet, fangs and porcine faces.

他们丑陋，长着醒目的眼睛、红色的散发、以及大肚皮，手脚都有爪，脸似猪。

oni are small ugly demons with staring eyes, unkempt red hair and pot-bellies. they have clawed feet, fangs and porcine faces.

鬼是一种丑陋的小型魔鬼，长着醒目的眼睛、红色的散发、以及大肚皮，手脚都有爪，脸似猪。

in the first half of the 20th century, in north china, farmers invested little on farm instruments, and capital of farm instruments had a small proportion in agricultural capital.

在二十世纪上半叶的华北农村，农民对农具的投资极少，农具资本在农业资本中的比例很低。

analysts say french banks would be able to absorb the impact of bond restructuring and suffer only a small decline in the capital ratios used to measure their financial strength.

分析家称法国银行可以吸收债务重组的影响，从而只在用于衡量财力的资本比率中承受很小的损失。

in addition, a small amount of foreign capital has gone to poverty relief and environmental protection projects in cooperation with overseas non-governmental organizations.

还有一些小额扶贫、环保项目，与国外民间机构有一些合作。

a relatively small amount of capital provided to an investor or entrepreneur, usually to prove a concept.

一笔提供给投资者或企业家的相对数目较小的资金，通常用来验证其概念。

a small company with limited capital may choose which of the following as a cost effective alternative?

一家小公司以有限的资金可能会选择以下哪一个可以作为一个成本有效的替代呢？

we stayed at a small hotel in the capital of the island.

我们住在一家位于岛屿首府的小旅馆里。

the way for it to operate is as follows, helping the poor and those out of job that could not get traditional finance serve because of their unfavorable social or economical status to obtain a small sum of capital to do pioneering work and realize self-employment.

它的运作思路是在没有或只有少量抵押或担保品的情况下，帮助因社会或经济不利地位而无法得到传统金融服务的贫困者和失业者获得一笔小额的创业启动资金，实现自我就业。