We all know that silences can be pretty awkward, and research shows that even short disruptions in conversational flow can lead to a sharp rise in distress levels.

我们都知道沉默是很尴尬的，研究表明，即使是谈话过程中的短暂中断也会导致痛苦程度的急剧上升。

The paucity of known extinctions or disruptions resulting from indirect interactions may reflect not the infrequency of such mishaps but rather the failure to look for or to detect them.

间接相互作用导致的已知物种灭绝或破坏的情况的稀少，反映的或许不是这种灾难的罕见，而是没有去寻找或检测它们。

The strike caused serious disruptions.

罢工造成了严重的混乱。

An Internet society spokeswoman said.org domain users will not experience any disruptions during the transition.

一位互联网协会的女发言人说，在这次过渡中，域名为的用户不会受到任何影响。

Small disruptions create small societal shifts; big ones change things for good.

小的干扰会造成小的社会变化；大的干扰会对事物造成永久性的变化。

Still, there were reports of at least some disruptions.

但有报道称地震至少造成了一些采矿业务被迫中断。

The potential for big market disruptions is very great.

市场大混乱的可能性非常高。

British airports are not the only ones hit with flight disruptions.

并不是只有不列颠机场遭到了航空中断的事故。

The disruptions seem endless, from snowstorms to Icelandic eruptions.

从暴风雪到冰岛火山喷发，这种破坏似乎无止境。

So how has the recession impacted healthy disruptions to a given industry?

衰退是如何影响对特定行业的健康性破坏的？

Some of the worst disruptions we face will involve water, not just temperature.

除了气温，我们可能面临一些更严重的破坏，如洪水。

We can get disruptions in the way that oxygen is used and nutrients are used.

可能是利用氧气和营养物质的途径受阻。

Disruptions to Iran's big oil fields, and possibly to Iraq's, would be bad enough.

伊朗油田的破坏(可能还有伊拉克的油田)已经是够糟的了。

The disruptions facing the media industry are instructive to any organization.

传媒业面临的混乱对任何组织都是有益的。

A spokesman said none of Google's services experienced significant disruptions.

一位谷歌发言人说，谷歌的所有服务都没有受到严重的干扰。

How do you ensure a level of compatibility to reduce disruptions to the applications?

如何确保一定级别的兼容性，以减少对应用程序的破坏呢？

Higher prices have been caused by growing appetites and supply disruptions elsewhere.

一直以来，小麦价格上涨，往往是由于消费者胃口增加，或是其它地区供应停顿。

One solution is to rebuild the aging power grid to be less vulnerable to solar disruptions.

一个解决办法就是改造老化的电网，令其不那么容易受到太阳的破坏。

Their biggest concern was not higher temperatures but disruptions to the natural cycle.

他们最大的担心不是较高的温度，而是对自然循环干扰。

Ms. Jacobs declined to explain the nature of the supply disruptions that caused the shortage.

但雅各布斯女士不愿解释因供应中断而引起短缺的原因。

Such disruptions may cut spam but will not put the lucrative phoney pharmacies out of business.

这些瓦解行动虽然减少了垃圾邮件，却不能根除暴利的假药行业。

Having all four disruptions brought forward the age of first pregnancy by around two years.

四种干扰均存在的话，初次怀孕年龄会提前两年左右。

Disruptions to air travel from the volcanic eruption in Iceland is hurting demand for jet fuel.

由冰岛火山灰所导致的航班停滞打击了航油需求。

They also plan the most efficient way to migrate services while minimizing disruptions to users.

他们还策划出迁移服务的最高效方法，从而最大限度地减少对用户的影响。

With few exceptions, social and economic disruptions have been far less significant than feared.

除少数例外，伴随而来的社会和经济动荡完全不像人们担心的那么严重。