When dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation: two days, not two seconds.
当戈特曼博士真正想评估一对夫妻是否会维持关系时，他会邀请他们到他的岛上度假地进行更长时间的评估：两天，而不是两秒钟。
Runners range from four years old to grandparents; their times range from Andrew Baddeley’s world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour.
跑者年龄从四岁到祖父母辈不等；他们的用时从安德鲁·巴德利的世界纪录13分48秒到一个小时不等。
But the age of streaming has been a boon for some unintended winners: pirates that use software to rip a film or television show in seconds from legitimate online video platforms and host the titles on their own, illegitimate services, which rake in about $2 billion annually from ads and subscriptions.
然而，流媒体时代对一些意想不到的赢家来说是一次福音：这些盗版网站利用软件在几秒钟内从合法的在线视频平台下载电影或电视剧，并将其托管在自己的非法服务平台上，每年通过广告和订阅获得约20亿美元的收入。
Researchers analysed the frequency and impact of gaps greater than 2 seconds daring conversations, including an overview of previous studies which indicate that the fear of awkward silences can be so extreme that people avoid taking to strangers, even though doing so is likely to be an enjoyable experience.
研究人员分析了对话中超过2秒的沉默频率及其影响，包括对之前研究的综述，这些研究表明人们对尴尬沉默的恐惧可能极端到避免与陌生人交谈，尽管这样做可能带来愉快的体验。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。