1.lie beyond 存在于未來;超過…的承受力
I believe there are mysteries that lie beyond human understanding.
我相信,總有一些神秘的東西是超越人類的理解而存在的 。
But many villagers worry that new housing and more certain lives could lie beyond their grasp.
但是許多村民擔(dān)心,新的住房遙不可盼,對于可能有更多人傷亡他們也無能為力 。
2.mass extinction 大量消亡
Contributed to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
導(dǎo)致了恐龍的大規(guī)模滅絕 。
Warnings of flood, famine, drought and mass extinction merge into an overwhelming sense of futility.
洪水、饑荒、干旱和物種滅絕等征候,漸漸化作無法抑制的徒勞感 。
3.sweep through 掃過
The disease can sweep through whole populations in a very short time.
這種病可以在很短的時間里在全體人口中流行開來 。
As whirlwinds in the south sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
有仇敵從曠野、從可怕之地而來、好像南方的旋風(fēng)、猛然掃過 。
4.die-off 死盡,絕種,順次枯死
Such a die-off is no longer unusual. About a third of honeybees have perished every winter since 2006.
這樣的大規(guī)模死亡已不是新鮮事,因為自從2006年起,每年都有大約三分之一的蜜蜂死亡 。
All forests will suffer because of the volcanic gloom, with much die-off.
因為火山灰造成了陰暗,所有的森林都會遭殃,許多生物會喪生 。