A badly run "year of culture" washes in and washes out of a place like a tide, bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community.

运作不力的“文化年”如潮水般在一个地方涌进涌出，带来一时的风光，但并没有给当地带来持久的好处。

But he may yet quit Pakistan for a spell.

但他仍有可能离开巴基斯坦一段时间。

They rested for a spell.

他们休息了片刻。

Can Nettie stay with us for a spell?

娜缇可以跟我们住一阵子吗？

Would you like to go there for a spell as a naval observer?

你愿不愿意以海军观察员的身份到那里呆上一个时期？

I was an auditor for a spell, but now I have got an office job.

我当过一阵子审计师，但现在我找到一份办公室的工作。

It has also increased the risks of leaving Britain for a spell abroad.

这也增加了离开英国在外国外待一段时间的风险。

First, we must learn to be quiet, to settle down in one spot for a spell.

首先，我们必须学会保持安静平和，定居在一个地方一段时间。

The center of coventry was shattered, and its life for a spell completely disrupted.

考文垂的中心区被炸得粉碎，在一个短时期内所有的一切活动完全停止。

The owners might let it lose money for a spell, in the hopes that things will improve.

老板们可以让它亏一阵，期望之后能有所改善。

That hurts the company's image in the long term, even if the campaign boosts sales for a spell.

长远看，这样做损坏公司的形象，即使广告活动能在一段时间内提振销售。

It's frustrating for a spell, but when your communication is finally understood it's an awesome feeling.

拼写会让你觉得沮丧，但是当你交流的时候最终可以让你明白对方要表达的感情。

But they sometimes disappear for weeks, diving more than a mile down and resting in the chilly deep for a spell.

但有的时候，它们会甚至会消失几个星期。因为它们会潜水到一英里多的地方并在阴冷的深海里休息一段时间。

Shareholders of longer tenure could get extra voting rights, say, or new ones could be barred from voting for a spell.

持有时间较长的股东就能得到更多投票权、发言权，或是新股东将有一阵子无法行使投票权。

Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell.

他到意大利的一个乡村小镇汇报任务，顺便享受暂时远离死亡的时光。

I tried troubleshooting for a spell, but in the end I did what I should have done to begin with: I replaced the router with a new, high quality model.

我试着修复一段时间，但最后做了我一开始就应该做的事情：用一个新的高质量的路由器替换了原来的。

The Blackpool boss Ian Holloway has just sent Emmanuel Thomas back to the Emirates after a three-month loan deal, and now he has asked Arsene Wenger if he can take Sunu for a spell with the Seasiders.

黑池队主教练伊恩·霍洛威刚刚在结束了三个月的租借合同后将伊曼纽尔·托马斯送回了酋长球场，现在他在询问阿尔塞纳·温格是否能够再租借苏努一段时间。

If I don't know a word, I ask them to spell it out for me.

假如我不知道某个词，我请他们替我拼写出来。

A word processor provides spell checking, formatting, and document templates that function as "containers" for requirements.

字处理器提供了拼写检查、格式化和作为需求“容器”的文档模板。

But that doesn't spell a life of poverty for tech-smart, well-spoken social media managers.

不过这并不意味着精通技术、善于言辞的社交媒体经理们从此一辈子没饭吃了。

Unfortunately, the Soundex algorithm is a poor candidate for spell checking.

不幸的是，soundex算法是一个差劲的拼写检查备选方案。

That could spell trouble for a few countries, such as Turkey, which have large current-account deficits (see article).

那可能对土耳其等国造成困扰，因为这些国家负有巨额的经常项目赤字。

"Everyone knows that he stayed in hospital for tests, that's normal when you suffer a dizzy spell, all of this looks positive," he said.

大家都知道他住院是为了方便检查。头晕的时候做这些检查时很正常的，而且结果表明一切都很好。

Did they sit around waiting for an inspirational flash or a mystic spell of luck?

难道他们是坐在一起，等着灵光一现或者是神奇的幸运魔法？

Microsoft says it spent several million dollars over 20 years to develop a robust spell-checker for its word-processing program.

微软声称花费了数百万美元和超过20年的时间为其字处理程序开发一个健壮的拼写检查程序。

Whatever their origins though, ambitious employees usually find that a spell abroad can do wonders both for them and for their companies.

无论他们来自何方，志向远大的公司职员通常觉得在国外的一段时期对于他们本身和公司来说都能创造奇迹。