1: Something similar happened in Georgia on March 6th, when voters lifted the ban on sales of alcohol on Sundays in 24 of the 27 cities and counties that had put the issue on the ballot, alongside the state’s presidential primary. 2: Since Georgia first allowed local governments to hold referendums on Sunday sales last year, voters have approved the practice in 129 out of 154 instances, often by huge margins. 3: Last year in Texas, attempts to turn “dry” localities “wet” succeeded on 57 out of 64 occasions. 4: In West Virginia meanwhile, the state legislature has just passed a bill allowing liquor stores to hold tasting sessions. 5: It is the ninth state to approve such a measure since 2009. 6: “The world is getting wetter,” exults Frank Coleman of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), an industry group.

1:3月6日，类似的事情发生在乔治亚州，那时27个城市和郡县进行了投票，有24个城市和郡县撤销限制，允许星期天出售烈性酒，当时这可是州内的头等大事。2:自从去年乔治亚州首次允许当地政府就星期天出售烈性酒进行全民投票，在154项类似事件中，选民同意了129项，经常以压倒性的票数胜利。3:去年在德克萨斯州，64次是否允许当地街道出售烈性酒的投票中，有57次通过了。4:同时在弗吉尼亚州的西部，州立法机构刚刚通过一项法案，允许烈性酒商店举行品酒大会。5:这是自2009年以来第9个州批准此类法案。6:行业集团美国蒸馏酒理事会弗兰克?科尔曼狂喜道：“将有更多的地方允许出售烈性酒”。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-活的自由同时多付税款

1: This was not sustainable, and indeed the saving rate jumped back to 4% in December. 2: Are further increases in store? If so, that would hold back consumption, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of GDP. 3: And indeed that is the main reason recoveries after financial crises are usually sluggish: households and businesses have to hack back the debt they accumulated during the boom years, a process called deleveraging. 4: Households have as expected reduced their debts relative to their incomes; much of that has come by defaulting on their loans. 5: More such defaults are probably in store. 6: The question is, will consumers also divert more of their income from consumption? That would cause the saving rate to rise further.

1:存款利率在十二月降到了4%已是不争的事实，并且让人无法忍受。2:那么物价会进一步增长吗？如果增长，那么大致占GDP2/3比例的消费将回落。3:实际上，主要原因在于金融危机之后的复苏通常是迟缓的：家庭和企业必须归还他们在经济高度增长年份所积累的债务，这过程被称作资金杠杆。4:家庭希望债务相对于收入来说能够得到缩减；到头来他们大多数都拒还贷款。5:或许还有更多的这样的拒绝偿付贷款的行为将要发生。6:问题是，消费者投入到消费性开支的收入会不会变得更少。如果会，那将会导致储蓄率进一步提升。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog

1:What a trip it was.2:A firm that normally transports nuclear equipment built a special structure, a sort of rolling centipede with 196 wheels, to prevent damage to either road or rock.3:For 11 days this monster, bearing the shrink-wrapped boulder, crawled through four counties and 22 cities, travelling only at night and at walking speed, along bridges and roads that could hold the weight.4:Street carnivals sprang up wherever the rock paused.

1:多么浩大的一个工程！承运的公司（此公司通常运输核设备）建造了一个特殊结构——一座有着196个轮子的蜈蚣样的设施——以防止道路或巨石在运输途中受到损害。2:这个庞大的设施运着在收缩膜包装下的圆石，走了11天，穿过了4个国家和22座城市。3:它只能在夜间以步行的速度前进，且只能走可以承受其重量的桥梁和道路。4:街头嘉年华则在巨石停留的地方兴起。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-洛杉矶的新星——地景艺术

1: Controlled in this way, chemical reactions take time, so batteries have low power density. A lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery of the sort used in electric cars might thus muster only a tenth of a kilowatt per kilogram. 2: But chemicals can hold a lot of energy, so batteries have high energy density (the amount of energy they can contain, again per unit weight). 3: A Li-ion battery can store 200-300 watt-hours per kilogram (wh/kg). Supercapacitors generally manage less than 10wh/kg.

1:因为化学反应需要时间，所以用这种方法操作的话电池的功率密度会很低，而电动汽车中使用的锂离子电池每千克只能产生十分之一千瓦的电量。2:但是化学物质可以储存很多能量，所以电池有很高的能量密度（每单位重量可以包含的能量）。3:锂离子电池每千克可存储200-300瓦时能量，而超级电容器一般可以控制在10wh/kg以下。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-让乌龟和兔子交配(1)

Across the country, bank lending, which shrank almost steadily from early 2009, is growing again (see chart), thanks to modest employment growth, stabilising home prices in many regions, and the Federal Reserve’s Herculean efforts to hold down interest rates.

从2009年初几乎有规律缩水的遍布各地的银行放贷再次增长（如图），这得益于适度的就业增长、一些区域的稳定的家庭消费和美联储压低利率的大力努力。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog

"For all of these reasons, people are going to need extra evidence to conclude that it is going to hold up , " Galison said.

“由于所有这些原因，人们还需要额外的证据，才能论定OPERA的实验结果是否站得住脚跟，”盖利森说。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than 40 years ago, Mao Zedong proclaimed that "women hold up half the sky" . Today, it's more aspiration than fact.

40年前，毛泽东宣布，“妇女能顶半边”。今天看来，毛泽东的愿望还未完全实现。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

How does Graziano's assessment of the founding moment in Italian history hold up ?

Graziano对意大利建国的历史时刻所作的分析能否站得住脚呢？

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

IFW: How do you think global container volumes will hold up over the course of the year?

IFW：你如何看待全球集装箱业务量在这一年中的上涨？

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The Office Clipboard can hold up to 24 items.

Office剪贴板上最多可以保留24个项目。

属类：IT行业-office.microsoft.com-

Mr Albanese said any hold-up of ships carrying ore to China for spot market sales had not had "any material impact" on Rio.

艾尔巴尼斯表示，阻碍船舶将铁矿石运往中国用于现货市场销售，对力拓没有“任何实质性影响”。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

Manama, Bahrain: Anti-government protesters hold up a banner bearing photographs of people killed in recent demonstrations

巴林麦纳麦：反政府抗议者高举一面旗帜，上面有在最近示威中丧生的人们的照片。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Programming languages and software development platforms are particularly at risk of hold up .

编程语言和软件开发平台有着特别大的被套牢风险。

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But the hastily built levees will still have to hold up against the ice-laden water that's expected to remain high for at least a week.

不过，临时建起的大堤仍旧要控制住融雪覆盖的洪水，此次洪水预计会保持高位至少一周。

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If the new findings hold up , he added, they may eventually influence the design of helmets to provide more protection against blasts.

布罗迪博士又补充说道，如果这一结论能够站得住脚，那他们可能最终会对防爆头盔的设计思路产生影响。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Will the foundations he has laid in the past 100 days hold up a temple to his presidential greatness that will weather the ages?

布什在过去的一百天内奠定的基础，能否为缅怀他在总统任期内的伟大成就树立起一座经得起岁月的丰碑呢？

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onto the bleeding point and hold it there. If it is possible, hold up the part of.

出血点上，并按住不动。如果可能，就把出血的。

属类：中国大陆-edu.sina.com.cn-

Moreover, even if the circles do hold up , they may have a cause different from the one proposed by Dr Penrose.

此外，即使循环理论能经得起考验，是由于它们可能存在一个不同于彭罗斯博士所提出的理论的原因。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Furthermore, the cross-shareholding limit will be relaxed to allow companies to hold up to 40 per cent in affiliates.

此外，交叉持股限制也会放宽，允许财阀附属公司最多持有关联公司40%的股份。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

But if the Jeremiahs are wrong and volumes hold up , Moody's and S&P can expect more handsome returns.

但假如悲观预言者是错的并且业务量持续上升，穆迪和标准•普尔就有望得到更加丰厚的利润。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

But earlier this year the EU said it would hold up the agreement until Israel did more to alleviate the plight of Gaza.

但今年早些时候，欧盟表示他们将中止该协议，直到以色列进一步缓和加沙困境。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But if by "to date" he means, well, to date, then his claim simply doesn't hold up .

但是，如果他所说的“迄今为止”，啊，指的是至现在为止，则这只是站不住脚的言论。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

HOWEVER, I also feel it is irresponsible to hold up the Netherlands (or even Britain) as a positive example of what the US should be doing.

但是，我也感觉到把荷兰（甚至是英国）举出来当做美国应该效仿的正面例子是不负责任的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But the drivers behind its rise are diverse and it may hold up better than others when economic conditions change.

但推动其涨势的因素不尽相同，且在经济环境改变时，比起其他二者，黄金的涨势或较能维持。

属类：英汉句库-cn.reuters.com-

But we never know how well it's going to hold up with humans.

但我们从来不知道，这项结果用在人类身上，好使不好使。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Granted, this is usually specific to the business domain, but this rule of thumb seems to hold up in most circumstances.

当然，上述讨论通常特定于商业领域，但这种经验之谈往往在很多情况下出现。

属类：IT行业-www.ibm.com-

Politicians, pledging to "fight" for a principle, sometimes hold up boxing gloves as a sign of commitment to cheering supporters.

当政客们发誓要为某一道义“奋斗”时，有时会高举拳击手套作为承诺的标志来鼓舞支持者。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Liquid velocity increased with draft-tube height, while gas hold up in the riser decreased with it.

导流筒位置升高，液相循环速度和循环量均增大，上升段气含率减小。

属类：中国大陆-www.ceps.com.tw-

That's quite a lot bandwidth for photos; however, I'm notsure how long that would hold up if you've got a lot of video clips onthere.

对图片来说那真是很大的带宽了，然而，我不能保证你的图片能保存多久，如果你在那存放了一大堆的视频片断。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

One issue that is important to many buyers is how the value of electric cars will hold up in the second-hand market.

对于很多消费者来说另一个重要的问题就是电动汽车在二手车市场的保值性。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-