usually this reaction is valuable, leading us to take cover if we hear gunfire.
通常这种反应是很有用的。听到枪声,它引导我们寻找掩护;
he had a theory that an officer ought never to take cover in battle.
他认为,军官在战场上绝对不应藏身躲避战火。
i have to take cover under an american college president to insure my reputation and respectability when 1 say that happiness is largely a matter of the movement of the bowels.
我很想直说快乐问题大抵即是大便问题,为保持我的人格和颜面起见,我得用一位美国大学校长来做我的护身符。
but the only rebel vehicles in sight were fleeing the scene and we weren’t close enough to get in, so we ran deeper into the desert to take cover in a small copse of trees.
但是我们视线范围内的反对派车辆都在逃离这里,太远了,我们没法上车,于是便向沙漠更深处跑去,找了一小片树丛当掩护。
as soon as its effects were known, scientists said that people would start to take cover under trees or inbuildings or vehicles, which would make the rain of darts ineffective.
一旦知道它的效果,科学家说,人们会开始隐蔽在树下或建筑物里或交通工具里,这些会让飞镖雨无效。
the rain came down so suddenly that they had to take cover in an abandoned barn.
雨下得很突然,他们只好在一个废弃的谷仓里避雨。
but it appears that warmer spring temperatures drive lizards to take cover and rest—rather than gather the food necessary to spur reproduction.
而事实却是,春季的高温让蜥蜴在这时节早早躲起来休息,将收集食物和繁衍后代的工作抛在了一边。
it rained so hard we had to take cover in a shop doorway.
雨下得太大了,我们只得在商店出入口处避雨。
usually this reaction is valuable, leading us to take cover if we hear gunfire, or stand our ground if a bully tires to push us around.
通常这种反应是很有用的。听到枪声,它引导我们寻找掩护;被恶棍欺负时,它叫我们坚守立场。