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Most adults gain one to two pounds a year over a lifetime, so staving off the holiday pound can go a long way.
大多数成年人一生中，一年会增加一到两磅，所以避开在假期长肉将会对保持体重大有帮助。
2
But for a second straight night, a West Coast offense, not known as a running team, lost by trying to pound the ball on its last two plays.
但连续第二晚，西海岸式的进攻，作为跑动队来说从未听说过因在最后两局中尝试猛击球而输掉比赛。
3
From this year they are allowed to charge students up to £ 3, 000 a year, and from 2009 the cap may be removed altogether.
今年开始大学被允许每年对每个学生收取最高达3000镑的学费，到2009年该限制将完全取消。
4
He thought the request seemed reasonable, so he began to charge guests by the pound.
海克罗德觉得这个请求也算合理，自此便开始按顾客的体重收取住店费用。
5
The manager was a nervous anxious little man, always ready to cry wolf if the shop takings went down a pound or two.
经理是个身材矮小、神经过敏、焦虑不安的人。只要商店营业收入下降一两镑，他就要大喊大叫。
6
The dollar, which like the yen has recently been gaining against rival currencies, climbed against the euro and the British pound.
与日圆一样，美元兑其他主要货币的汇率近来也不断攀升，兑欧元和英镑都有上扬。
7
He said he had some Russian clients coming over and he wanted them to sign a multimillion-pound deal.
他说有几名俄罗斯客户要过来，他想和他们签署一项数百万英镑的交易。
8
Hai Xi Xi spited two bite of spit into his hands ringingly, "go aside, look at me! " He exerted all his strength to pound the pick.
“啐！啐！”海喜喜响亮地朝两手啐了两口唾沫，“你闪开，看我的！”他哼地一声使劲地砸下镐头。
9
you've probably gained at least five to 10 pounds, and from here on out the average woman gains about a pound a week.
你可能已经增重了5----10磅，从这周开始平均起来，怀孕的女人大约会每周增重一磅。
10
She put into his hand two fifty-pound notes, and then, as if she was ashamed of herself, bundled him out of doors.
她把两张五十镑的钞票塞进他手里，接着，好象她为自己感到难为情，把他推出了门。
11
If you get into a fight, having four hundred-pound weaklings on your side isn't much better than having one.
如果你遇到麻烦，手边拥有由疲弱货币组成的400特别提款权比只拥有一种货币也好不到哪里去。
12
How much is a pound of bananas?
一磅香蕉多少钱？
13
Old Pew, as had lost his sight, and might have thought shame, spends twelve hundred pound in a year, like a lord in Parliament.
老皮乌，瞎了眼之后，说起来可能惭愧，曾在一年里就花掉了一千二百镑，像个国会里的王公。
14
After you eat it, you know everything there is to know about that cheese except what it would be like to eat a pound of it.
在你尝过后，你就会知道奶酪是怎么回事了，但你不知道吃一磅奶酪会是怎么回事儿。
15
Before 1914, Eichengreen says, the British pound, the French franc, and the German mark were all international currencies.
艾琴格林说，1914年以前，英国英镑、法国法郎和德国马克都是国际货币。
16
The laptop I crave I actually had in my hands, but only for a week or two as a trial. It's Sony's amazing 1. 5-pound Vaio X.
我渴望我的笔记本电脑，其实在我手中了，但只有一个星期或两个审判。
17
You wouldn't think a six-hundred-pound boar would be so hard to find, but no one seems to have seen him.
金先生说，“你们肯定也认为一头六百磅的大猪会很好找，可是却没有人看到过它。”
18
Many stores in London's West End have appointed Mandarin-speaking assistants to help cash in on the arrival of the "Peking Pound. "
伦敦西区的很多商店都雇佣了讲普通话的促销员来帮助他们从“北京镑”身上赚钱。
19
She made a bet that she could defy the credit crunch and live on just one pound a day for a year.
她打赌自己可以和信贷紧缩抗争——1天只花1英镑并且持续一年的时间。
20
"You're going to want Rat Chow, " he said, handing him a ten-pound sack, "and a bag or two of these wood shavings. "
“你就要得到鼠食品了，”他说着递给他一个能装十磅重东西的袋子，“在这些木质存储物中拿出一两袋。”