When they're underwater they're holding their breath.

“当它们在水下时，它们会屏住呼吸。”

The average person can hold their breath for 30 seconds.

正常人可以憋气30秒。

Men were holding their breaths, intensely unconscious of the fact.

人们紧张得忘记了呼吸，不明白发生了什么事情。

Anyway - what about these scientists - did they hold their breath for 31 days?

那这些科学家呢？他们是在水下31天都屏住呼吸吗？

And why can some people hold their breath longer than others?

为什么有些人屏住呼吸的时间比其他人长？

I tried again: " All those present held their breath? "

我再问 “所有出席的人都屏住了他们的呼吸？”

The spectators were holding their breath. It was most horrible and most magnificent.

大家都屏住了呼吸，那场面既可怕又壮观。

The answer here is free diving an extreme sport whose competitors hold their breath.

答案是自由潜水，这是一项极限运动，参赛者需要屏住呼吸。

The average person can hold their breath anywhere from 30 seconds to few minutes max.

普通人最多可以屏住呼吸 30 秒到几分钟。

Then, as the customers in the shop held their breath, he took a scalding bite.

店里的顾客屏住了呼吸，只见阿波一口咬下这滚烫的玩意。

Lucy and Susan held their breaths waiting for Aslan's roar and his spring upon his enemies.

露茜和苏珊连大气也不敢出，只等阿斯兰一声怒吼，向它的敌人扑去。

To do this they have to hold their breath, which limits how long they can stay underwater.

为了去深海捕食，它们会屏住呼吸，这就限制了它们在深水中停留的时间。

And even the best swimmers can hold their breath for only so long. Don't Hold Your Breath.

甚至最好的游泳运动员也不能屏住呼吸很长一段时间。Don't Hold Your Breath。

Sometimes children threaten to hold their breath until they get what they want- which usually does not work.

有时孩子们用憋着呼吸的手段威胁借以得到他们想要的东西，但通常并不能起到作用。

People held their breath for fear the great undertaking might end even before it was well under way.

人们屏住呼吸，担心这项伟大的事业甚至在它还没有开始的时候就可能结束。

These drills are designed to test candidates' ability to perform tasks underwater, holding their breath, in a chaotic environment.

这些演习是为了检测候选人在水下混乱的环境中，能都屏住呼吸完成任务。

As if size weren't enough, these guys are expert swimmers who can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes.

似乎觉得自己的体型还不够，这些家伙是游泳专家，他们可以屏住呼吸长达30分钟。

It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath.

它很小，是红色的，门前一方窄台阶，窗户小得让你觉得它们像是在屏着呼吸。

Liberians held their breath and cross their fingers.

利比里亚人屏住呼吸，交叉手指。

Business leaders are holding their breath.

商界领袖屏住呼吸。