A FINANCIAL crisis on the scale of the one unfolding on Wall Street would be terrible at any juncture.

席卷华尔街的如此规模的金融危机发生在任何一个节点都是灾难。

A FINANCIAL crisis on the scale of the one unfolding on Wall Street would be terrible at any juncture. But the timing of this one is astonishingly bad.

任何达到现今席卷华尔街的规模的金融风暴都是可怕的，但这一次危机发生的时间使之变得惊人地严重。

To many, the costs may not even appear to be financial at all, but merely aesthetic—a terrible shame, but nothing to do with money.

对许多人来说，这些损失可能根本不是财务上的问题，而仅仅是审美上的问题——这是一种可怕的耻辱，但与金钱无关。

Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.

如果没有手机在你面前，你就只能听20分钟关于这个世界有多糟糕的演讲。

This can be terrible news for those at both ends of the age spectrum.

对于那些在年龄谱两端的人来说，这可是可怕的消息。

You might be a great writer but terrible at design.

你也许是个很棒的作家，但却对设计一窍不通。

But at least I won't be thirsty; that would be terrible.

或许我看上去会老一些，但至少我不会干渴，那才是最可怕的。

I hope this isn't sounding like a terrible SOB story, I don't mean it to be at all.

我希望这听起来不像一个很悲伤的故事，我完全不希望变成那样。

At the age of eight, he wanted to be a nuclear physicist, though that was then followed by a long period of terrible worry because he thought there was nothing he wanted to do with his life.

八岁时，他曾想成为一个核物理学家，可接下来很长时间他都为自己什么都不想干而发愁。

Lee: Thank you again, we feel terrible about it.i'll be here at about 1:55.

李：再次谢谢您，我们很不好意思。我将会在一点55分到您这儿。

If you had buried all in your heart, it might be terrible. Now at least I know what I should do in the future to sidewalk embarrassment with my friends.

现在起码我知道以后该怎么做了，也避免了大家的尴尬！

If the joke calls for an accent, fully commit to it. Your Scottish brogue might be terrible, but it'll still be funnier than not trying at all.

如果你讲的笑话需要你使用方言，那就尽力模仿好了。也许你的苏格兰口音听起来糟糕透顶，但是尽力模仿总比不模仿更有意思。

A book, he may be terrible reached the unprecedented level, but this book is absolutely wonderful, he's at, if that does not look good, it would be wrong.

一本书，他也许很恐怖，达到了空前绝后的程度，但这本书绝对有他的精彩之处，如果觉得不好看，那就大错特错了。

The indignATion felt by Mr. Pecksniff AT this terrible disclosure, was only to be equalled by the kindling anger of his daughters.

可怕的事实一被揭穿、裴斯匿夫先生的义愤填膺，也只有两个女儿的怒火中烧才敌得过呢。

It can be looked to as a sign of good fortune; others look at it as a bad omen, a warning of terrible events to take place.

有些人认为这是好运气，另一些人则觉得这是凶兆，预示着恐怖的的事件即将发生。

But at the end of life when your body is wearing out and you're having and can only have a life that is, in your view, pretty terrible, no life at all can really seem to be better.

但在生命即将结束时，你已极度虚弱，而且你觉得自己只能过那种相当可怕的生活。这时会觉得没有生命似乎会更好。

I know how terrible it can be for you at nights and even when you wake up.

你不知道我有多么可怕单单你可以在夜晚，甚至当你醒来。

I'm not an actress at all... Maybe I will be terrible. But, in my life, I cannot let such a chance go.

我根本不是一个演员……也许我会演得很糟糕，但在我的生命里，我不能错过这样一个机会。

And when we think we have recovered and forgotten, it is then thAT the terrible after-effects have to be encountered AT their worst.

正当我们相信自己是痊愈了，而且把它忘记了的时候，那可怖的反应才最难忍受是被人觉察出来。

For some, this will at first appear to be a terrible thing, perhaps similar to a type of death.

对一些人来讲，这初听起来是件糟糕的事情，简直等同于某种形式的死亡。

It can be looked to as a sign of good fortune; others look at it as a bad omen, a warning of terrible events to take place.

有些人认为这是好运气，另一些人则觉得这是凶兆，预示着恐怖的事件即将发生。

There was a terrible fracas, and, though at her mother's bidding Amy made contrite apology, Jo refused to be pacified.

接着是一场大吵大闹，尽管在母亲的严命下，艾米作了忏悔性的道歉，乔却不肯罢休。

They will not be easy to beat, but have a terrible away record in Spain, and the second leg at home is a big plus.

他们将不会轻易被击败，但是他们在西甲有一个可怕的客场记录，第二回合在主场是一个极大的利好。

Lee: Thank you again, we feel terrible about it. I'll be here at about 1:55.

李：再次谢谢您，我们很不好意思。我将会在一点55分到您这儿。

At the same time, Japan's parents that day will be at home to place dolls, but it samurai are dressed, look terrible.

同时，日本的父母这一天也会在家里放置玩偶，但却都是武士装扮，样子很可怕。

Don't be afraid of looking at the terrible shape of the disabled.

不要害怕看残疾人士的可怕的形状。

These tended to be people with a degree, with five to 10 years' tenure at the company, work as mid-level managers and who receive a good (rather than brilliant or terrible) performance rating.

这些人往往都有学位，在公司中任职5至10年，身为中层经理，绩效评分为良(不是优也不是差)。