According to the vulgar idea, the fire in his laboratory had been brought from the lower regions, and was fed with infernal fuel;

按照一种粗俗的说法，他实验室中的火来自下界，而且是用炼狱的柴薪来燃烧的；

If you feel the jolt of the ship's hull ripping open against a reef or you see water rushing in, don't await instructions, especially if you're in the boat's lower regions.

如果你感到船体碰上暗礁开裂的颠簸，或者看见水涌了进来，那就不要等待指示，尤其是如果你位于船体较低的部位。

Since the lower regions of the cable are moving slower than the higher ones, a rising car will lag behind the orbiting anchor, causing a drag on the cable that could destabilize the entire assembly.

由于较低部位的电缆比较高部位的电缆移动慢，上升的电梯箱将落后于转动锚点，这样就会引起一个拖拽并可能进一步破坏整个装置的稳定。

Most of Africa is urbanizing at a lower level of income than other regions of the world did.

和世界其他地区相比，非洲大多数地区的城市化进程是在一个较低的收入水平上进行的。

The areas that are now desert were, like all arid regions, very susceptible to cycles of higher and lower levels of rainfall, resulting in major, sudden changes in distributions of plants and animals.

那片现在是沙漠的地区和所有干旱地区一样，对降雨量相对更大或更小的周期极为敏感，因此那里的动植物分布发生了巨大且迅速的变化。

In all regions and age groups, girls and women in higher income countries have lower levels of mortality and burden of disease than those who live in low-income countries.

在所有区域和年龄组中，高收入国家的女童和妇女死亡率和疾病负担都低于生活在低收入国家的女童和妇女。

Until the desired (lower) inventory level is reached, the cutbacks will have a severe impact on demand for goods from Asia and other export-producing regions.

在存货量没有达到理想的(较低)水平之前，削减存货量将严重影响他们对亚洲或其他出口地区的商品需求。

The gap between them will change as the ships pass over regions of higher and lower mass, providing clues to the density of the subsurface moon.

两个飞行器间的距离会随着飞船经过的区域的密度高低的变化而改变，为月球表面的密度提供线索。

Sugar and alcohol: Old World grapes are less ripe and lower in sugar, because they tend to be grown in cooler-weather regions.

糖和酒精：旧世界的葡萄成熟度较低，含糖量较少，因为它们往往种植于较寒冷地区，而新世界葡萄生长于较温暖地区。

There are also a number of old genera in the tropics, indicating that tropical extinction rates are lower than in temperate regions. So the tropics are also a museum of diversity.

无疑热带地区真的是生物进化的温床，还有，在热带地区存留着一定数量的老物种，这就说明了热带地区物种的死亡率比温带地区要低，所以热带地区还是存有多样物种的大型博物馆。

Water vapor in the lower atmosphere can vary in amount from a mere trace in arid regions to about 4% by volume in moist areas.

大气低层的水汽量在干燥地区（量）甚微，而在潮湿地区按体积占4%左右。

Moving into developing regions can have benefits beyond lower production costs. It can allow chemical companies to get closer to both suppliers of raw materials and more potential customers.

随着亚洲，特别是中国，日益旺盛的需求，巴斯夫更加快了本土化的进程，在降低成本的同时使得企业和原料供应商之间，企业与众多的潜在客户之间的联系更加紧密。

To lower the impact, Verizon re-routed the traffic over the Atlantic, the United States and Pacific to the affected regions.

为了降低影响，美国无线运营商verizon通过大西洋、美国和亚太地区将流量重新路由到了受影响的地区。

While the figure is lower than that of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, it's still vastly higher than in other regions.

虽然这一数字低于南撒哈拉非洲地区和南亚地区的数字，但仍然大大高于其它地区。

Arsenic levels are lower in rice from certain regions, including California and parts of India; rice from these sources could be blended with higher arsenic rice before sale.

加州和印度部分地区砷含量较低的大米在出售之前可以和一些砷含量高的大米混合再出售。

In fact, at present European steel companies suffer from lower competitiveness simply because of stricter environment rules compared to other regions of the world.

事实上，受目前欧洲钢铁公司从仅仅是因为有更严格的环境规则相比，世界其他地区的竞争力较低。

The suburb of Yeronga (image lower left) also has evident regions of flooding, as does a park and golf course located along a bend in the Brisbane River to the south of St. Lucia (image center).

耶龙加(Yeronga)地区（图片左下方）同样是灾情严重的地区——这块布里斯班河河湾岸边的地方，位于圣露西亚（St.Lucia; 图片中心）南部，有公园和高尔夫球场；

A waveguide is characterized by a region of high refractive index bounded by regions of lower index.

波导就是折射率高的区域由折射率低的区域包裹的结构。

With more competitors in the MV drives market and lower demand, price competition increased, leading to 5% to 10% price concessions in most regions.

随着中压变频器市场迎来更多的竞争者，而需求缩减，价格竞争加剧，导致大部分地区的产品价格普遍优惠5％至10％。

Consider this infection in patients with a lower respiratory tract infection who have traveled to or had contact with someone who traveled to the above regions in the past 10 days.

对于一个在10天内到过上述地区或与到过上述地区的人有过接触并患有下呼吸道感染的病人要考虑到有这一感染的可能。

Earthquake happens frequently in China, in the earthquake regions it should be widely used which can greatly lower influence of disasters and casualties.

中国是一个多地震区国家，在地震区建筑中应多多推广应用钢结构，可大大减少地震灾害和人员伤亡。

Diffusion is the process by which molecules or ions scatter or spread from regions where they are in higher concentrations toward regions where they are in lower concentrations.

扩散是微小颗粒或离子分散或者从高浓度区域向低浓度区域传递的过程。

Similarly, in coastal regions where rivers dilute the sea, salinity is somewhat lower than in other oceanic areas.

同理，在江河稀释海水的海岸地带，海水盐度略低于其它海区。