1 . empirically speaking. 憑經(jīng)驗(yàn)說。

2. metaphorically speaking. 打個(gè)比方說

3. long-standing. 存在已久的。

4. We have three long standing rules. 我們有三個(gè)慣例。

5. high-standing prep school. 名望高的預(yù)科學(xué)校。

6. rapidly rising. 迅速崛起的。

7. right-thinking Russian. 思想健全的俄羅斯人。

8. long-suffering. 長(zhǎng)期受苦的。

9. Companies all over the world, who have fed China's?long-running?urban economic

boom, are already beginning to benefit from its suburban phase.

世界各地許多家為中國城市經(jīng)濟(jì)的持久繁榮提供了養(yǎng)分的公司，今天已經(jīng)開始從

中國城市的郊區(qū)發(fā)展中得到好處。

10. Nike and Adidas continued their?long-running?battle for sneaker supremacy this

year.

耐克公司和阿迪達(dá)斯公司今年仍在繼續(xù)他們曠日持久的爭(zhēng)奪運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋霸主地位的搏斗。

11. the ever-flowing traffic. 川流不息的車輛及人。

12. a never-ending supply/ the never-ending fight. 持久的供應(yīng)/持久的戰(zhàn)斗。

13. in an ever-growing number of supermarket. 不斷增長(zhǎng)的超市數(shù)量。

14. Then, gradually at first but with?ever-increasing?momentum, came the social

avalanche which swept away the last traces of village life and transformed life for

everybody, everywhere.

之后，社會(huì)劇變逐漸發(fā)生并以迅速增強(qiáng)的勢(shì)頭來臨，徹底掃除了“農(nóng)村生活”的最

后的一絲痕跡，并改變了每個(gè)人、每一處的生活。

15. Because methane has been one of?the fastest-growing?green-house gases, and is

third only to carbon dioxide and water vapor in total volume, changing the chemistry

of the upper atmosphere.

因?yàn)榧淄橐恢笔窃鲩L(zhǎng)速度最快的溫室氣體之一，它在大氣中的總含量?jī)H次于二氧

化碳和水蒸氣，使高空大氣層的化學(xué)成分都發(fā)生了變化。

16. never-resting mind. 永不止息的思想。

17. a well-deserving pillar. 中流砥柱。

18. my quick-thinking wife. 我的思維敏捷的妻子。

19. Earlier in the morning, I might hesitate to disturb my?late-rising?wife, who relished

her weekend sleep-ins.

一大清早，我會(huì)猶豫是否要去打攪晚起的妻子——她喜歡周末睡個(gè)懶覺。

拓展學(xué)習(xí)：a very early riser/ morning person/early rising person

20. a slow-moving river. 緩緩流淌的小河。