||1:Such arguments are the basis of a new PR campaign launched by Peabody, the world’s largest private coal company.||2:And coal would indeed be a boon, were it not for one small problem: it is devastatingly dirty.||3:Mining, transport, storage and burning are fraught with mess, as well as danger.||4:Deep mines put workers in intolerably filthy and dangerous conditions.||5:But opencast mining, now the source of much of the world’s coal, rips away topsoil and gobbles water.||6:Transporting coal brings a host of environmental problems.

||1:如此的论断正是皮博迪公司发起的新一轮公关活动的核心内容，而目前该公司是全世界最大的私人煤炭企业。||2:煤炭本该成为上帝的惠泽，而若不是因为这一个小小的问题：它的破坏性污染。||3:开采、运输、储存和燃烧使用的一系列过程中，不仅充满着问题，还具有相当的危险性。||4:深入地下的矿井意味着矿工们要在难以忍受的肮脏以及危险的条件下工作。||5:但目前大多数煤矿所进行的地表开采，不仅会使地表土壤流失，同时也消耗着大量的水。||6:煤炭的运输还会带来一系列的环境问题。

But as it is, it’s merely a devastatingly brilliant comic about a cop with an axe whose name I forget.

不过以目前而言，这就是一部很给力的漫画佳作而已，主角是一名随身携带斧头的警察，名字我忘了。

In the short run, those state and local cutbacks are a major drag on the economy, perpetuating devastatingly high unemployment.

短期看，这些州和地方压缩对经济是个沉重的拖累，维持着破坏性的高失业率。

Colonel Qaddafi’s troops and supporters are rapidly learning just how devastatingly effective western air power can be.

卡扎菲上校的军队和支持者很快就了解了西方国家空军所具有的毁灭性力量。

For instance, Apple is not really one company, but three very different organisations lashed together and devastatingly fit for purpose.

例如，苹果实际上不是一家公司，而是三个截然不同的组织，为着同一个目标被绑在一起的，并达到完美的契合。