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Staff at a nearby hotel said the quake had been strong enough to shake television sets off tables and smash them.

附近的酒店人员说，这次地震厉害得把他们的电视机都从桌子上搞下来并敲到他们。

I don't think you could come in and have done whatever sets off the war and then claim that I did it at a time of war, perhaps.

我不能认为你进来，然后做点开战的事，最后声称在战争中做的。

That blouse sets off the blue of her eyes.

那件上衣衬托出了她的蓝眼睛。

A goal that's readily apparent as Tame sets off on the run, with friends in a mini-control room pushing out his video to Ustream.

当Tame开始跑步时，一个很容易明白的目标是他的朋友们在一个微控制屋子里把他的视频发布到Ustream上。

Come free translation to be translated being that the word significance sets off from the brand.

是从商标词的意义出发来翻译的。

Yes, sir, she also knows the code that automatically calls the police and sets off the burglar alarm. I've learned not to trust this woman.

确实先生不过她也知道能自动报警触响被盗警报的密码我已经学会不去信任这个女人了

Press the "Clean" button and the robot glides out of its docking station and sets off across the floor.

只需按一下“清扫”按钮，机器人就会滑出基座，向地板出发了。

All the great rebellions in history begin with a symbolic deed that sets off irreversible consequences.

历史上所有大起义都从一个象征性举动开始，并由此酿成不可挽回的后果。

The performance is accompanied by the percussion music that only sets off the atmosphere by contrast, not limits the lion's movements.

表演中用打击乐伴奏，但狮舞的动作不受音乐节奏的限制，音乐只起烘托气氛的作用。

Blue suits you and sets off the colour of your hair.

蓝色适合你，使你的头发显得更漂亮了。

Bipolar disorders also heighten the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which sets off the fight-or-flight response to stress.

双相情感障碍也加强了交感神经系统的活动性，它对压力做出战斗-逃跑的反应。

"Other frogs, they just need to hear the sound of rain and the sound of lightening and thunder. That's what sets off their hormones" .

而有些青蛙只需听见下雨声或雷电声，那就是刺激它们荷尔蒙分泌的东西。

She sets off to look for colourful decorations with her best friend, Daft Duck.

她和她最好的朋友呆呆鸭出发去找华丽的装饰。

The instrument sets off an effect in the atoms of this substance, which causes it to produce power that can be made into electricity.

这种仪器使这种物质的原子产生反应，从而产生一种可以发电的新能量。

For Britons of that generation, however, it's a date that sets off a cacophony of signals.

但对那个年代的英国人来说，那是一个有着复杂意义的日期。

The high-speed trigger sets off the flashes when the ambient sound volume goes over a certain level.

高速触发器在环境音量超过特定的水平时启动闪光灯。

Shanxi, China: A passenger looks out of the window from a train before it sets off at a railway station in Taiyuan.

太原火车站，一名乘客从一列即将发动的火车内朝外探望。

Damin sets off on his bamboo raft with his birds. When he reaches the right place, he stops.

大民和他的鸟坐在他的竹筏上，当他到达对的地方时，他就停下来。

This sets off the automatic check the ABS conducts every time the engine starts.

每次发动机启动以后，这个信号关闭自动检查ABS系统。

William gives me a baleful look and sets off toward the elevator.

威廉瞪了我一眼，朝电梯走去。