Sophisticated instruments which were to make possible the European voyages of discovery, such as the astrolabe, the quadrant, and good navigational maps, were also developed by Muslims.

复杂的仪器使得欧洲人得以进行海上探险,例如星盘、象限仪及好的航海图都是由穆斯林所发明的。

属类：人文学科-宗教-古兰经解说

Though the book was not successful, it did earn enough money to make possible his marriage in 1930 to Carol Henning. Shortly afterwards, he wrote two more novels.

这本书虽然不成功,但毕竟为他挣得一笔钱,足够他1930年和卡罗尔·亨宁结婚的开销。不久以后,他又写了两部小说。

属类：文学表达-外国名著-John Steinbeck

1: Lucian Grainge, the head of Universal, tries to square this circle . 2: He explains that the merger is an effort to "invest in the future of theindustry". 3: The plan is not to cut costs and keep EMI's catalogue, but to "build it back up" and maintain it as a separate company within Universal. 4: He describes the deal as a way to "turn the industry back to some sort of growth", and promises to work with as many new distributors and platforms as possible. 5: "It would be insane for us to not ensure that the artists we invest in are not in every single new platform."

1: 作为环球音乐首席执行官的卢西恩?格兰奇（Lucian Grainge），正在尝试这样一件不可能完成的事。 2:他解释道，这项并购是环球公司对"投资音乐产业未来"所做的努力。3:公司的计划并非削减开支并同时保留百代旗下的艺人名录，而是要重振其雄风，并将百代作为一个环球内部独立的公司来运作。4:格兰奇把这项交易形容为一种可以"扭转行业现状，使其重回增长之路"的方式，同时他还承诺将会同尽可能多的新平台和新分销商进行合作。5:"如果我们不能保证每一个公司投资的艺人都享有全新独立的工作平台的话，那么我们就显得太愚蠢了"。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-唱片业 环球公司的赌博游戏

1:CVC's managing partner, Donald Mackenzie, is said to be worried about how his possible departure might affect the business.2:The Formula One Group depends on reaching agreement with a dozen racing teams and the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, which regulates racing.3:In the past Mr Ecclestone has handled the teams brilliantly, using divide-and-rule tactics to prevent any serious rebellion and to keep a large share of revenues for his firm.4:He maintains close relations with circuit owners and governments, which together make up the sport's largest source of revenue, in the form of hosting fees.5:It is not obvious who inside the business could succeed him; Mr Ecclestone reportedly jokes that a number two could send faxes and bring coffee, but nothing else.

1:CVC的合伙人之一麦肯齐，据说他很担心埃克莱斯顿可能的离开对商业带来的影响。2:F1的正常运转离不开12支参赛车队的合作以及负责管理赛车项目的国际汽车联合会的支持。3:在过去的日子里，埃克莱斯顿运筹帷幄，运用分而治之的策略杜绝任何违规行为并为自己的公司保持巨大的收益。4:赛道所有者和政府以主办的形式为整个赛事的收益投入巨资，埃克莱斯顿则与这些人保持着紧密的联系。5:目前在赛车圈内尚未发现合适继任者；埃克莱斯顿据报道有过这样的玩笑话：二把手可以发传真可以买咖啡，但是除了这些也没什么别的能耐了。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-F1能否继续传奇?

1: Being a solitary child made him less prone than many people to going along with the crowd, and he likes nothing better than to challenge conventional wisdom with a “why not?”. 2: Those are good attributes for an entrepreneur, though they are unlikely to make him loved in the world of art philanthropy, where his “candour” often “ruffled feathers”. (He claims several times not to care what people think of him, but he doth protest too much.) 3: Still, unlike many of his peers among the current generation of American billionaire philanthropists, he does consider giving to the arts a good investment, to “bring beauty, inspiration, and the shock of the new to as many people as possible”.

1:布罗德从小生性孤僻，与旁人相比不愿多在人群中相处，他最喜欢挑战世俗观点，说上一句：“为什么不能！”。2:企业家拥有这些特性再好不过，但在艺术品慈善界就不大行得通，没能让他广受欢迎，因为正直，便常常引得他人恼怒。（他多次声称不在乎别人的看法，但他实在是抱怨得太多。）3:尽管如此，和这一代许多与他同龄的美国亿万富翁慈善家不同，布罗德是真心考虑大力投资艺术，要“将美丽、灵感和新艺术的震撼带给更多的人”。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-不是不讲理 Uncommonly unreasonab

1: Not surprisingly, rubberised asphalt is catching on. Enough tyres are recycled in America each year to produce 20,000 lane-miles (32,000 lane-kilometres) of the stuff, enough to re-pave about 0.5% of America's roads, according to Liberty Tyre Recycling, a Pittsburgh firm that handles around a third of America's recycled tyres. 2: Rubber roads are also popular in China, Brazil, Spain and Germany. Their popularity could spread further, since it is now possible to make rubberised asphalt less expensively than the traditional sort.

1:参入橡胶的柏油路渐渐变得流行起来，这并不奇怪，根据自由轮胎回收公司（位于匹兹堡，掌控着美国约1/3的轮胎回收业务）的说法，美国每年回收的轮胎足够修建2万英里（3.2万公里）的橡胶柏油路，足够重新铺设美国0.5%的公路。2:在中国、巴西、西班牙和德国，这种橡胶路同样非常流行，由于现在可以把橡胶柏油路的成本控制得比传统路面还低，所以这种趋势会越来越流行。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-旧轮胎建成新式道路可减少噪音污染

1:These discoveries suggest that dogs do have the ability to express empathetic concern.2:But although the results are clear enough, Dr Custance argues that more work needs to be done to be sure that such behaviour is true empathy.3:It is possible, she points out, that the dogs were drawing on previous experiences in which they were rewarded for approaching distressed human companions.4:Dog-owners, however, are unlikely to need any more convincing.

1:这些发现表明狗的确有表达关心的能力。2:科斯坦斯博士说，尽管结论已经十分明确，我们仍需要更多做工来确定它们的行为是否真的因为它们能体会人类的感受。3:她指出，狗可能是出于以往获得的经验即靠近它们的人类同伴能获得奖励进而表现出这种行为。4:而对于狗能通人性这一点狗主人已经十分清楚了。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-狗真的能感受人类的情绪吗?

XML Web services make possible the exchange of data in the form of XML messages between heterogeneous systems.

XMLWebservices实现了在异类系统之间以XML消息的形式进行数据交换。

属类：IT行业-msdn2.microsoft.com-

Whatever you can dream up, you can make possible on the World Wide Web.

不管你有没有梦想，在万维网上，一切皆有可能。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

In this respect, the following set of conditions is assumed to be at work to make possible for firms to follow some kind of strategy.

从这个角度讲，需要以下这组条件成立，企业才有可能遵循某种战略。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But what is most exciting about smart systems is the plethora dof new services and business models that they will make possible .

但是，智能系统最令人激动的还是他们带来的五花八门的新服务和新商业模型。

属类：无分类双语句库-bbs.ecocn.org-

And what did all this expense make possible ?

而这一切费用带来什么样的改变？

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The first three encourage you to make possible Web pointers to data, and to maximize the usefulness of the data at those pointers.

前三条原则鼓励您尽可能对数据进行Web引用，最大化引用的这些数据的有用性。

属类：IT行业-www.ibm.com-

Pendentives make possible support of the dome on a square framework of four huge equal arches resting on huge piers.

穹隅尽可能地支撑着四个巨大的相等的拱形组成的正方形框架之上的圆屋顶，停留在巨大的墩上。

属类：无分类双语句库-chinaufo.com-

And yet, somehow, that choice is what the people redesigning the rules of finance must try to make possible .

然而，不知怎的，“大同时可以倒”却正是重新制定金融规则的人们要努力实现的。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Nevertheless, the better markets work, the more transactions they make possible .

然而，市场运转得越好，达成的交易就可能越多。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

Set the stage for prepare for; make possible

为…做好准备；使成为可能

属类：英汉句库-www.ebigear.com-

Modern transportation facilities make possible traveling throughout the world in a few weeks.

现代交通工具使得在几周内周游世界成为可能。

属类：英汉句库-www.hjenglish.com-

By contrast, the American education system helped make possible Google and other companies.

相比之下，美国的教育系统却可能孕育出像谷歌一样的公司来。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Electronic innovations make possible increasing sophistication: rates can vary according to road conditions, time of the day and so on.

有了电子领域的创新，电子产品就可能越来越精密：可以根据路况、时间段等情况调整价格。

属类：英汉句库-bbs.ebigear.com-

The inventions make possible things the capitalist owners cannot envision.

这些发明能够使资本家无法想象的事情成为可能。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

That's what planted the seeds for the Internet. That's what helped make possible things like computer chips and GPS.

这些支持种下了互联网的种子，这些支持帮助制造出计算机芯片和全球定位仪这样的东西。

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-