四级They want to know if they are able to pay

他们想知道自己是否有能力支付

考研We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information stored there.

我们经常听到媒体报道说，一名未经授权的黑客能够访问计算机数据库并更改存储在那里的信息。

高考I might not be able to do it.

我可能做不到。

高考Many rock bands were able to follow in the footsteps of the beatles.

许多摇滚乐队能够追随披头士乐队的脚步。

高考If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back.

如果我继续走，我可能就看不见回去的路了。

四级In the same way physicians used to smoke, and then stopped smoking and were able to talk to patients about it,I think physicians can have a bigger voice in it.

就像医生过去吸烟，然后戒烟，并且能够和病人谈论吸烟一样，我认为医生可以在这方面有更大的发言权。

六级Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions about their own medical treatment say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands.

我们的社会依赖于他们能够对自己的医疗做出关键决定，比如说，或者我们必须对全球能源需求和需求做些什么。

六级Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of Friends, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

近十年前，有人预测，《老友记》是一部颇受欢迎的情景喜剧，只要轻敲遥控器，观众很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的毛衣。

六级In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

在竞争激烈的工作环境中，雇主能够利用技术向员工提出更高的要求，而不是以有利于他们的灵活性激励员工。

四级Generally, young women have had growing success in the paid labor market since 1960 and hence might increasingly be expected to be able to afford to live independently of their parents.

一般来说，自1960年以来，年轻妇女在有报酬的劳动力市场上取得了越来越大的成功，因此，人们可能越来越期望她们能够独立于父母生活。

考研Last year, the Transportation Security Administration found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons—both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

去年，交通安全管理局在一次秘密检查中发现，卧底调查人员几乎每次都能从机场安检处偷运假武器和真武器。

高考For many students, Wilson's help is not only appreciated, it's also entirely necessary for them to be able to complete their college education.

对许多学生来说，威尔逊的帮助不仅值得赞赏，而且对他们完成大学教育也是完全必要的。

高考If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to float on the sea?

如果钢比水重，为什么船能在海上漂浮？

六级Clearly, richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie well beyond the reach of poorer communities.

显然，较富裕的社会能够提供远远超出较贫穷社区能力范围的环境改善。

四级You'll also be able to receive email, music and movies, all via an internet link.

您还可以通过互联网链接接收电子邮件、音乐和电影。

四级After some adjustments, and sufficient time, jill was able to answer the students’ questions correctly 97% of the time.

经过一些调整和足够的时间，吉尔能够在97%的时间里正确回答学生的问题。

高考For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.

例如，这些机器人将能够区分某人何时快乐或悲伤。

六级Fortunately for the planet, social science and behavioural economics may be able to do that for us.

幸运的是，社会科学和行为经济学可以为我们做到这一点。

高考Prinstein has also found that the qualities that made the neighbors want you on a play date-sharing, kindness, openness — carry over to later years and make you better able to relate and connect with others.

普林斯坦还发现，邻居们希望你在一起玩耍的特质——分享、友善、开放——一直延续到晚年，让你能够更好地与他人建立联系。

高考She had given us clear directions and we were able to find it easily.

她给了我们明确的方向，我们很容易就找到了。

高考Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

有特定用途的机器与生物联系在一起，部分原因是它们可能能够防止自己被摧毁。

四级In the case of an attack, military advisers suggested the advantage of being able to operate one computer from another terminal.

在发生攻击的情况下，军事顾问建议能够从另一个终端操作一台计算机的X优势。

六级If Apple alters the security model of future iPhones so that even its own engineers' "reasonable assistance" will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force.

如果苹果改变了未来iphone的安全模式，以至于在政府的强制下，即使是自己的工程师的“合理协助”也无法破解给定的设备，那么这一案例中的先例可能会失去持久的效力。

考研But as adults we also have the luxury of being able to control our own diaries and it's important that we schedule in time to enjoy the thing we love.

但作为成年人，我们也有能力控制自己的日记的奢侈，重要的是我们要及时安排时间来享受我们喜欢的东西。

高考This tension between what we feel we can have and " what we're seemingly able to have is the niggling suffering, the anxiety we feel.

我们能拥有的东西和“我们似乎能拥有的东西”之间的紧张关系是我们所感受到的琐碎痛苦和焦虑。

六级Meanwhile, there're few who're willing and able to perform jobs requiring a petroleum engineering major, so the value of one more of those people is very high.

同时，很少有人愿意并且能够从事需要石油工程专业的工作，因此，这些人中再多一个的价值非常高。

高考Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.

能够以有意义的方式交流想法是一项宝贵的技能。

高考The crowne plaza hotel in copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator.

哥本哈根皇冠假日酒店将为任何一位能够使用连接到发电机的健身自行车为酒店发电的客人提供免费用餐。

高考They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems.

他们希望狼能够控制麋鹿和郊狼的问题。

四级with wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

通过有线设置，人们担心的是窃贼可能只需切断正确的电缆就可以关闭你的系统。

高考Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date.

相反，计算机用户正在开发更强的交互记忆；也就是说，人们正在学习如何组织大量信息，以便日后能够访问这些信息。

六级The report found that although some king penguins may be able to relocate to new breeding grounds closer to their retreating food source, suitable new habitats would be scarce.

该报告发现，尽管一些王企鹅可能能够迁移到离它们撤退的食物来源更近的新繁殖地，但合适的新栖息地将十分稀少。

高考Students should be able to extend the logic of each to their particular circumstance.

学生应该能够将每种逻辑扩展到他们的特定情况。

六级Otherwise, no fish are able to survive in the naturally toxic lake.

否则，没有鱼能在天然有毒的湖中生存。

高考She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her life as well.

她也能将她的新智慧转移到生活的其他方面。

六级This form of "self- governance" is possible within long-standing amateur organizations that, over time, arc able to build a sense of responsibility to community members, as well as society in general.

这种形式的“自治”在长期存在的业余组织中是可能的，随着时间的推移，这些组织能够建立对社区成员以及整个社会的责任感。

四级"Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries," he says.

他说：“想象一下，在近40个国家之间，我们能够记住每一幅画、每一面墙上、每一个画廊空间。”。

高考You will be able to take part in a number of activities from canoeing to wild camping on Dartmoor.

你将能够参加许多活动，从独木舟到达特摩尔野营。

六级They didn't work anywhere and all the time – they were better able to manage their work, Moen said.

Moen说，他们没有在任何地方和任何时间工作——他们能够更好地管理自己的工作。

高考Then I'll be able to have dinner with my wife.

那我就可以和我妻子共进晚餐了。

六级The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, "You can purchase this $3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1, 000 Bison on it."

对年轻人来说，如果不是这样的话，他们可能无法进入这个行业，“你可以在这里购买这片价值300万美元的土地，因为我向你保证，今天你会有1000头野牛。”

四级It is impossible that a single shot of education, administered in childhood and early adulthood,will be able to support a sustained, 60-year career.

在童年和成年早期实施的一次教育不可能支持一个持续60年的职业生涯。

四级I'm talking about a ‘simulation（' 模 拟), I'm talking about ‘being able to solve this problem.

我说的是“模拟”模 拟), 我说的是‘能够解决这个问题’。

六级Experts said that whether or not Apple loses this specific case, measures that it could put into place in the future will almost certainly be able to further limit the government's reach.

专家表示，无论苹果是否败诉，未来可能采取的措施几乎肯定能够进一步限制政府的影响力。

高考If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, likely won't be able to remember what you read.

如果情节、字符或单词用法让你感到困惑，你很可能记不住你读了什么。

四级What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map?

哪些因素使你或多或少地大胆、聪明，或者能够阅读地图？

六级Ruel says in the 1980s Thailand was able to reduce child undernourishment by recruiting a large number of volunteers to travel the countryside teaching about health and nutrition.

鲁埃尔说，在20世纪80年代，泰国通过招募大量志愿者到农村进行健康和营养教育，减少了儿童营养不良。

高考Parents are not able to help with children's homework.

父母不能帮助孩子做家庭作业。

四级When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft.

当被淹没时，它们还能从20000英尺深处发出信号。

高考As the smallest child of his family, Alex is always longing for the time when he should be able to be independent.

作为家中最小的孩子，亚历克斯总是渴望自己能够独立的时间。

四级For me it took the form of my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer's block—I was not able to produce anything for three years.

对我来说，这是我第一次，而且我只希望是，遇到了作家的阻碍——三年来我什么都没能创作出来。

四级The plane stretches a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will eventually be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's exterior.

这架飞机的总长度为54米，在这里，经验丰富的水肺潜水员最终将能够冒险穿过机舱和飞机外部。

六级Perhaps you're bringing your unique knowledge and gaining access to someone else's professional network, or Maybe you're able to learn a new skill by working with someone.

也许你带来了你独特的知识，并获得了其他人的专业网络，或者你能够通过与他人合作学习新技能。

四级I don’t know about perfecting but they want at least to be able to communicate decently.

我不知道如何完善，但他们至少希望能够进行得体的沟通。

六级We are more likely to lie, research shows, when we are able to rationalise it, when we are stressed and fatigued or sec others being dishonest.

研究表明，当我们能够合理化谎言时，当我们感到压力和疲劳时，或者当其他人不诚实时，我们更可能撒谎。

高考If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck.

如果我能找到鸟巢，我也许能把它放回去，但运气不好。

四级He stood out in three ways－as a technologist, as a corporate （公司的）leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets.

他在三个方面脱颖而出——作为一名技术专家，作为一名公司(公司的）作为一个领导者，他能够让人们喜欢上以前不受人欢迎的功能性小玩意。

高考The professor doesn't remember the comments he or she wrote on your individual piece of work, though he or she will be able to recall them after just a brief glance at your work.

教授不记得他或她对你的个人作品所写的评论，尽管他或她只需简单地看一眼你的作品就能回忆起来。

六级Still, Jones represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

尽管如此，琼斯在能够进入更多精英大学的第一代学生中只占一小部分，这些大学通常以丰厚的经济资助和第一代学生的高毕业率而闻名。

四级They'll be able to answer the questions of students who are in their class directly via the interactive book.

他们将能够通过互动书直接回答课堂上学生的问题。

四级There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce "a better in its place."

当普鲁塔克建议批评家应该能够“取而代之地创造出更好的作品”时，有两种解释方式

六级The public must be able to understand the basics of science to make informed decisions.

公众必须能够理解科学的基础知识，才能做出明智的决策。

四级A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life.

只有极少数人能够记住他们生活中的几乎每一个细节。

六级If a team manager exemplifies such qualities, then the team as a whole would be better able to realize their potential and achieve their objectives.

如果团队管理者能够举例说明这些品质，那么整个团队将能够更好地发挥他们的潜力并实现他们的目标。

六级It’s no surprise that high-profile athletes can influence children’s eating behaviors, but the scientists were able to quantify how prevalent these endorsements are in the children’s environment.

引人注目的运动员可以影响儿童的饮食行为，这并不奇怪，但科学家们能够量化这些支持在儿童环境中的普遍程度。

六级At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

至少纳税人应该能够决定学生将在公共一角硬币上学习什么。

四级SimpliSafe provides devices that are able to distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.

SimpliSafe提供了能够区分偶然无线电干扰和目标干扰攻击的设备。

六级And to get at the contents of a single iPhone, the government says it needs a court order and Apple's help to write new code; in earlier versions of the iPhone, ones that were created before Apple found religion on 热衷于 privacy, the Fbi might have been abl

政府表示，要获取一部iPhone的内容，需要法庭命令和苹果的帮助来编写新代码；在iPhone的早期版本中，这些版本是在苹果出现宗教信仰之前创建的热衷于 隐私，Fbi可能是abl

考研Last year, the Transportation Security Administration ( ' , TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons---both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

去年，美国运输安全管理局（TSA）在一次秘密检查中发现，卧底调查人员几乎每次都能通过机场安检偷运假武器和真武器。

四级The plane stretches a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will eventually be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's exterior.

飞机全长54米，经验丰富的水肺潜水员最终将能够冒险穿过机舱和飞机外部。

高考Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part.

只有住在酒店的客人才能参加。

六级Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

近十年前，有人预测，流行情景喜剧《老友记》的观众只需轻敲遥控器，很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的毛衣。

六级some schools have shown remarkable determination and ingenuity in ensuring that all their pupils are able to take up opportunities that may be truly life-changing.

一些学校表现出非凡的决心和创造力，确保所有学生都能抓住可能真正改变生活的机会。

六级"They didn't work anywhere and all the time – they were better able to manage their work, "Moen said.

莫恩说：“他们没有在任何地方和所有时间工作——他们能够更好地管理自己的工作。”。

六级So it was pretty certain that the enemy would not be able to understand the code talkers.

因此，很肯定敌人将无法理解那些说密码的人。

四级There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce a better in its place.

当普鲁塔克建议一个批评家应该能够在自己的位置上创作出更好的作品时，有两种解释方式。

四级And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, ‘This is not real.

我知道这是一个谈判计划，所以我可以对自己说，‘这不是真的。

四级According to a newly published study, cats seem to be able to predict the location of hiding prey (猎物) using both their ears and an inborn (天生的) understanding of how the physical world works.

根据一项新发表的研究，猫似乎能够预测隐藏猎物的位置(猎物) 用他们的耳朵和天生的(天生的) 理解物理世界是如何运作的。

考研However， Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind， and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone， in reality we are continually faced with a question： “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that？ ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire， Allen concluded ： “ We do not attract what we want， but what we are.

然而，艾伦认为，潜意识产生的行动与意识产生的行动一样多，虽然我们可能能够通过意识维持控制幻觉，但实际上我们不断面临一个问题：“为什么我不能让自己做这件事或实现那件事？”因为欲望和意志会受到艾伦总结道：“我们吸引的不是我们想要的，而是我们自己。”。

六级Men aspired to be able to show off their 6 packs or their V-shaped backs and there's a growing market of slimming pills aimed at men, too.

男性渴望能够炫耀自己的6包或V型后背，针对男性的减肥药市场也在不断增长。

四级"As what happened with tobacco, this will require a cultural shift, but that can happen," says Nguyen. "In the same way physicians used to smoke, and then stopped smoking and were able to talk to patients about it,I think physicians can have a bigger voic

Nguyen说：“正如烟草所发生的那样，这需要文化的转变，但这是可以实现的。”就像医生过去吸烟，然后戒烟，并能和病人谈论它一样，我认为医生可以有更大的voic

六级Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves.

几年前，当我的祖父母快80多岁的时候，他们面临着无法充分照顾自己的现实。

六级They were able to accurately place the hair samples in broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of rain systems.

他们能够准确地将头发样本放置在大致与降雨系统运动相对应的广阔区域。

四级Advances in AI will make human beings smarter, more able and "just better human beings".

人工智能的进步将使人类变得更聪明、更有能力和“更好的人类”。

四级But even if people are able to economically support a retirement at 65, over thirty years of potential inactivity is harmful to cognitive (认知的) and emotional vitality.

但是，即使人们能够在65岁时从经济上支持退休，超过30年的潜在不活动对认知能力是有害的(认知的) 和情感活力。

四级They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism: the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

他们需要摆脱感情用事：最成功的团队都有能够确定总体方向并立即采取行动的领导者。

四级It means that a thief likely wouldn't be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it.

这意味着小偷很可能无法通过谷歌搜索系统的工作原理，然后找到解决办法。

高考I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn't fit.

一年多前，我买了它，因为我的亲戚给了我生日礼物，而不是不合身的衣服。

四级The E-Kaia is able to fully recharge a mobile phone in less than two hours.

E-Kaia能够在不到两个小时内为手机完全充电。

四级Later, in his cook books, he would often include a sketch of himself, so that people on the street would be able to recognize—and admire—him.

后来，在他的烹饪书中，他经常会画一幅自己的素描，以便街上的人们能够认出并欣赏他。

考研Some might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture, a sough-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and liverpool in 2008.

有些人可能会把这项提议看作是一个不折不扣的奖励，因为英国已经无法再申请更具声望的“欧洲文化之都”称号，这一称号是1990年格拉斯哥和2008年利物浦分别获得的。

考研There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.

有人担心政府、雇主和营销人员可能会访问这些数据，从而侵犯我们的隐私。

四级Few people are able to resist alcohol's temptations.

很少有人能抗拒酒精的诱惑。

高考A company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist.

一家公司展示了一种新的语音技术，它能够产生令人信服的人声，能够与接待员交谈。

高考If everyone is giving you the same answer, you won't be able to use it.

如果每个人都给你相同的答案，你将无法使用它。

四级You are not really going to be able to understand all of the dimensions of this plan.

你不可能真正理解这个计划的所有方面。

六级She says she is able to take Zumba exercise classes three times a week, work out on the treadmill(跑步机), and take long, brisk walks.

她说她可以每周参加三次尊巴健身班，在跑步机上锻炼(跑步机), 然后进行长时间、轻快的散步。

六级Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.

通过卫星跟踪该地区的牧群和狮子，他们将能够确定他们的心理骗术是否有助于阻止农民射杀狮子。

四级The intimate nature of genuine criticism implies something about who is able to give it, namely, someone who knows you well enough to show you how your mental life is getting in the way of good writing.

真正批评的亲密本质意味着谁能够给予批评，也就是说，有人非常了解你，向你展示你的精神生活是如何阻碍优秀写作的。

考研The fact that this is not an uncommon occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and steal from someone else's accounts.

事实上，这种情况并不罕见，这意味着不诚实的人可能能够访问电子支付系统中的银行账户，并从其他人的账户中窃取。