be at it

It will be an extremely interesting test case, it's going to be very big, said Chad P. Bown, an economics professor at Brandeis University and fellow at the Brookings Institution.

这将是一宗极有意思的判例案件，它将会很重要，美国布兰迪斯大学（Brandeis University）经济系教授、布鲁金斯学会（Brookings Institution）研究员查德鲍恩（Chad P.Bown）表示。

But seeing that it was not at all limber, and that it glistened a good deal like polished ebony, I concluded that it must be nothing but a wooden idol, which indeed it proved to be.

但是，看到它根本是硬绷绷的，而且亮得颇象磨光的乌木，因此我断定它不过是个木制的偶像，事实证明也是这样。

It's developed this new punctuation mark, the sarc mark, the dot inside a spiral line is supposed to be used at the end of a sentence if you're concerned the irony of your message will be lost. The symbol can be downloaded for a$ 99 at sarcmark.com

他们发明了一种名叫Sarc Mark的标点符号，一条螺旋线围绕一个点，用于句子最后。如果你担心邮件部分丢失，可以花99美元到sarcmark.com的网站下载这一标志。

By analysing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate, 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.

数据分析发现，母亲每周的工作时长一般为119小时，其中的40小时可以拿到标准工资、79小时可以拿到加班工资。在对1000名母亲（孩子都未满18岁）进行调查后发现，这些妈妈通常早上7点开始工作，一直到晚上11点才结束。

If you think about it, those children must be at school by now.

想想吧，那些孩子现在一定在学校了。

At the first stroke it will be 9 o'clock exactly.

等到钟敲第一下时就是9点整。

Judging by the crowds waiting to get in, this seems to be where it's at.

从等待入场的人群来看，这好像是个盛大活动。

After two days at sea, it was good to be back on terra firma again.

在海上度过两天之后，又回到使人觉得坚实的陆地，真是惬意。

It amazed her that he could be so calm at such a time.

在这个时候他还能如此冷静，真让她感到惊讶。

It will not be available at Page One, the biggest English bookstore chain in Beijing. A sales clerk at one of the stores said, "Due to some of the content, it cannot be imported."

北京最大的英文连锁书店叶壹堂（Page One）将不出售这本书。在连锁书店之一工作的一名销售人员说，“由于一些内容的原因，这本书无法进口。”