But They Started On的意思|示意

I started Riddley Walker in straight English but my characters wouldn't wear it, they insisted on breaking up long words and imposing their own grammar, syntax and pronunciation on their vernacular.

开始写《漫步者瑞德里》时，我采用简练的英语；但人物不买账，他们坚持时不时蹦出长长的词汇，用他们自己方言的语法、句法和发音。

When we've looked at this topic before, some have said that they wished they'd started families sooner-but were too focused on their careers.

我们过去谈到这个话题时，一些人曾说，他们的愿望是早点生孩子，但就是沉浸在工作中分不开身。

And the rain started getting heavier. But the automatic lawn sprinklers in some houses could not sense the rain; they went on watering plants exactly as their computer program told them to do.

雨也慢慢大了起来，那些自动控制的浇水设备却无法感知雨的存在，在雨中照常按电脑程序指令浇灌花草。

But five years on the small shops were broadly back where they had started.

如果他们经营五年的话，周围的零散商店就会因为赚不到钱而倒闭。

There were no adverse effects on the first two groups, but the rats who ate as much junk food as they wanted quickly became very fat and started bingeing.

前两组没有任何的反作用，而第三组使用大量垃圾食品的老鼠变得非常肥胖，并开始上瘾。

When firefighters couldn't find anyone in the house, they started using thermal imagery technology, which detected no people, but rather, a parrot sitting on a table, Islas said.

伊斯拉斯说，当消防员在屋里找不到人时，他们便用热成像技术探测，但仍然找不到被困人员，却发现一只鹦鹉正坐在桌子上。