Its close relative, the Colossal Squid, may grow too much greater sizes, as evidenced by the size of sucker marks on sperm whales.(它的近親，大王烏賊可能長得更大，抹香鯨身上的吮吸痕跡就是證據。)

The reading by President Summers on the flow of capital across countries, was kind of interesting, but the data did not come close to supporting the conclusions.(薩默斯總統關于國家間資本流動的解讀挺有趣的，但是數據并不能支持他的結論。)

This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close interpersonal relationships at work.(當你想到學者、培訓師和管理者普遍強調在工作中培養親密人際關系的重要性時，你會感到驚訝。)

Consider that in 1990, roughly half the global population lived on less than $1 a day; by 2007, the proportion had shrunk to 28 percent -- and it will be lower still by the close of 2010.(看看1990年的時候，大約一半全球人口的日均生活費用少于1美元；而到2007年，該項比率已經縮減到28%——到2010年末它還會更低。)

The team is supported by and maintains close cooperation with other relevant departments of WHO in the delivery of this function.(在履行這一職能中，團隊受到世衛組織其他相關部門的支持，并與他們保持緊密的合作。)

According to the article, the new manuscript is the only one kept by someone close to Einstein in the final years of his life.(據這篇文章說，這部新發現的手稿是唯一一部由愛因斯坦晚年身邊最親近的人保留的手稿。)

That process will end by the close of the first decade of the next century. That process will be over about 2010.(這一過程將在下個世紀前10年接近尾聲的時候結束。)

At the time of this writing (November 2007) Apple had sold a whopping 100 million iPods, and is on track to ship more than 200 million iPods by the end of 2008 and 300 million by the close of 2009.(在寫這本書時(2007年11月)蘋果已經售出了超過1億臺iPod，這個數字在2008年末有望超過2億，并在2009年結束時超過三億。)

Since the signing of the "Declaration", China and ASEAN countries, guided by the purpose and principles of the "Declaration," maintained close communication and have active discussions on cooperation.(《宣言》簽署以來，中國同東盟國家一道遵循《宣言》的宗旨和原則，保持密切溝通，積極探討合作。)

I don't believe I'll come close to scratching the surface of what I would enjoy doing, by the time I've died.(我不相信，到我死的時候，我將接近抓撓我喜歡做的事情的表面。)