She saw that he stood on the verge of lunacy, if he had not already stepped across it. It was impossible to doubt, that, whatever painful efficacy there might be in the secret sting of remorse, a deadlier venom had been infused into it by the hand that proffered relief.

她亲眼看到，他已经站到发疯的边缘--如果说他还没有跨过那边缘处于疯狂状态的话。无庸置疑，不管自责的秘刺中有什么致痛的功效，那只提供救援之手又在那螫刺中注入了致他死命的毒液。

What if, by some fate or deadlier chance, eyes other than his spied behind and saw the horrible change?

如果由于机缘或是更可怕的意外，让别人的眼睛察觉了这个吓人的变化，又怎么办呢?

It is possible that the virus could become deadlier . But experts believe it is not likely to happen. Extremely sick people are also less likely to socialize and spread the virus to others.

这种病毒可能会变得更加致命。但是专家表示这不太可能发生。重症患者也更不可能与人交际并将病毒传播给他人。

||1:Mr Hadi has had to move some of his ragtag army from the north to deal with separatists and jihadists in the south.||2:That leaves Marib largely in the hands of Sunni tribes that support Islah, an Islamist movement.||3:Many fiercely oppose the Houthis, fearing they will try to revive the country’s ancient Shia imamate.||4:But they also worry that Prince Muhammad might soon withdraw.||5:Some therefore think that they should follow the lead of the tribesmen in Jawf who negotiated with the Houthis and helped them push into the province.||6:Hanging over all of this is the threat of covid-19. The war has knocked out half of Yemen’s clinics and hospitals.||7:Over three quarters of its 28m people need some kind of humanitarian aid.||8:An outbreak of cholera last year was one of the world’s worst, says the un. An outbreak of covid-19 could be even deadlier .

||1:哈迪不得不从北部调动一群乌合之军，来对付南部的分离主义者和圣战分子。||2:这使马里布省在很大程度上落入支持伊斯兰运动伊斯拉的逊尼派部落手中。||3:许多胡塞组织的坚定反对者，担心他们会试图复兴该国古老的什叶派教长职权。||4:但是，他们也对穆罕默德王子可能很快撤军表示担忧。||5:因此，一些人认为，他们应该跟随焦夫省部落民的领导，这些部落民曾与胡塞组织谈判，并协助他们在该省内推进攻势。||6:最关键的是新冠肺炎构成的威胁，战争已经摧毁了也门一半的诊所和医院。||7:2800万人口中，有超过四分之三的人需要某种人道主义援助。||8:联合国表示，去年爆发的霍乱是全球最严重一次霍乱疫情，而新冠肺炎的爆发则可能更加致命。

||1:Surprisingly for a tale of fatal lung disease, however, the tone is gently ironic, a levity that offsets the symbolism and philosophy.||2:Officially, Hans is a visitor, but he lives the life of a patient, which revolves around gossip, walks, infatuations, intellectual discussions, five hearty meals a day and a strict regimen of bed rest, temperature- taking and alcohol rubs.||3:Hans takes to this high-altitude life better than Joachim, an officer who longs to return to the army.||4:He does—and comes back to the mountain even sicker.||5:Hans, by contrast, seems cured, and at the close leaves for the even deadlier battlefield.

||1:然而，令人惊讶的是对于这样一个致命的肺病的故事，讲述的语气中带有温和的讽刺意味，是一种可以弥补象征主义和哲学的轻浮。||2:从官方角度讲，汉斯是一个来访者，但他过着病人的生活，他的生活围绕着闲聊、散步、热恋、学术讨论、一天五顿丰盛的饭菜以及严格的卧床休息、量体温和酒精按摩。||3:比起渴望重返军队的军官阿希姆，汉斯更渴望这种高原上的生活。||4:他的确是这样——回到山上，病得更重。||5:相比之下，汉斯似乎已经痊愈，即将奔赴更加惨烈的战场。

A new report from the United States surgeon general finds that smoking tobacco is even deadlier than had been known. The report says smoking causes birth defects - a leading cause of death among babies. It also links smoking to cancer of the liver and colon, diabetes and other diseases.

来自美国公共卫生署长（surgeon general）的一份新的报告发现，吸烟比我们已知的更为致命。该报告称，吸烟会导致先天性缺陷，这是婴儿死亡的首要原因。它还将吸烟与肝癌、结肠癌、糖尿病等疾病联系起来。

The current surgeon-general, Boris Lushniak, marked the half-century with a report on January 17th, declaring smoking even deadlier than previously thought.

现任卫生部部长，鲍里斯在1月17日发布的报道对过去的50年作了总结，指出吸烟比预期的更加致命。

The intestines, ovaries and liver of fugu (or blowfish) contain a poison called tetrodotoxin, which is 1, 200 times deadlier than cyanide.

河豚（黄麻鲈）的内脏、卵巢以及肝脏都含有河豚毒素，其致命的毒性是氰化物的1200倍。

There have been larger and deadlier battles since, though, as war has become at once more modern and more primitive;

尽管后来有更大规模和更残酷的战役，战争却已变得更为现代化和更简单；

The emergence and spread of drug-resistant germs makes treating it much harder and could make the disease even deadlier .

抗药性肺结核病菌的出现和传播使得治疗肺结核变得更加困难，肺结核病的致命性也更高了。

What happened there if, in the bowels of one of their pigs, a virus mutated and took on a deadlier form?

如果这里有头猪体内的某种病毒变异成为致命性的病毒，那会出现什么情况呢？

Though falciparum is far deadlier than vivax, it is cleared from the body in a few weeks.

虽然恶性疟原虫造成的死亡率远低于间日疟原虫，在几周之内它还会从身体清除。

All this is hard to square with the notion that wars have become more frequent and deadlier since the end of the cold war.

所有这一切事实都很难同那种认为自冷战结束以来战争更加频繁和致命的观念相符合。

Working in tandem, they are targeting the marines’ patrols every day, with greater cunning and deadlier results than in the past.

他们相互配合，每天都是以陆战队巡逻小组为目标，并比过去的袭击更加诡计多端而且更能造成致命后果。

They search the ocean depths hunting for evidence left by predators deadlier than great white sharks.

他们一次次的潜入深海，搜寻由恐怖活动留下的证据，他们可比大白鲨要凶残得多。

The reality of greenhouse effect is more speculative, though its possible consequences are far deadlier .

温室效应的现实情况是怎样目前难以确定，但可能产生的后果破坏性更大。

Exhibit A: Halo Reach, which trumps the original trilogy with highly evolved combat, crazier weapons, smarter baddies, and deadlier moves.

证据1：光环-致远星让原来的三部曲更加刺激，加入了格斗，更加疯狂的武器，更聪明的坏蛋和更极端的动作。