If the irrigation plan goes ahead, it could spell disaster for the birds.

如果该灌溉计划继续的话，这对鸟类可能预示着灾难。

The new regulations could spell disaster for small businesses.

新规定可能给小企业造成灾难。

All of which would spell disaster for long-term American interests.

——所有这些对美国长远利益都意味着灾难。

All these spell disaster for the Perak state and nation of Malaysia.

这些都是霹雳州乃至马来西亚的灾难。

But while it might be good for the social life, it could spell disaster in the bedroom.

虽然这样融洽关系有利于人们的社会生活，但却可能给两性关系招致灾难。

And it could spell disaster for Ireland's 400 pig farmers in the 6 run-up to Christmas.

对于正在为圣诞来临做准备的全爱尔兰400多位农场主来说，这可谓灾难。

March 17, 2006—Too much or too little water can spell disaster in the world’s poorest nations.

2006年3月17日—过多或过少的水都会给世界上最贫困的国家带来灾害。

That doesn't spell disaster, says Turkle—but it does mean we might want to start thinking about the way we want to live.

Turkle说，虽然这并不意味着灾难，但确实意味着我们或许应开始思考我们想要的生活方式。

Yeah, you see technology is changing the way we shop and it could spell disaster - or be very bad for - the high street.

男：对，先进的科学技术正在逐渐改变我们的购物方式，这对商业街上的实体店来说可能是一场大的灾难。

A company mobile phone or laptop might seem like a perk of the job but it could spell disaster for personal relationships, a new study has found.

最新研究发现，员工配有公司移动电话或笔记本电脑似乎能加快工作进程，但也会影响他们的人际关系。

It turns out that sweat contains a lot of toxins that you're body is trying to get rid of, and for people with extremely sensitive skin, that can spell disaster.

事实上，汗水中含有人体排出的毒素，而一些人的皮肤过于敏感，就导致了这一悲剧的发生。

And even if they do grab one vine, the odds of them swinging to catch another and another and another are slim; all those Spaces between the vines could spell disaster.

即使他们抓住了一根藤条，从一根攀爬到另一根藤条的几率也微乎其微。这些藤条之间的距离会引来灾难。

While most aliens were in all probability simple organisms such as microbes, Professor Hawking said it would only take a few intelligent ones to spell disaster for humans.

至于智能生命，霍金认为他们也存在，但他们对人类是一种威胁，与这些生命进行接触，对人类来说结果将是灾难性的。

As seas rise, salt levels in the tributaries of the Mekong River Delta are likely to spell disaster for millions of poor farmers - and an ancient way of life. Kit Gillet reports.

随着海平面的上升，湄公河三角洲支流的含盐水平也在升高，这很可能会给数百万贫困农民带来灾难——同时被摧毁的还有古老的生活方式，基特·吉勒特报道。

Translators and interpreters bear an enormous responsibility in carrying messages between languages and cultures, and problems getting the word across can spell disaster on all sides.

口笔译工作者在传播不同语言和文化之间的信息方面肩负重任；而妨碍传递这些信息的种种困难很可能会给各方都带来灾难。

Default on these loans would spell financial disaster for East and West Europe.

这些贷款一旦违约，对于东欧和西欧来说都是巨大的灾难。

Faced with these problems, manufacturers are realizing that precise torque control can spell the difference between a safe, reliable, and economical product and complete disaster.

面对这些问题，制造商们意识到精确扭矩控制意味着，安全，可靠，经济的生产与彻底的灾难之间的天壤之别。