It doesn't scale like traditional Silicon Valley companies.

它无法像传统的硅谷科技公司一样规模化。

It's hard to put time scales like these into perspective.

很难理解这样的时间尺度。

In the ocean, they're on a much larger scale, like 10-100km in diameter!

在海洋中，漩涡的规模要大得多，直径可达 10-100 公里！

But to create products on a mass scale, like the fashion industry is used to, is costly.

但是要像时装业那样以这种方式大规模制造产品是需要成本的。

To come around the corner and to see a huge scale like this, was absolutely glorious really.

走到这里，看到这样一个巨大的规模的艺术品，真的是光荣无比。

Viewing life on a micro scale like this also adds clarity to the little choices we make throughout the day.

像这样从微观上看待生活，也会使我们每天做出的选择更加清晰。

The same sort of thing happens to physical systems at quantum scales, like an electron orbiting in a hydrogen atom.

在量子规模里，同样的事情发生在物理系统上，就像一个电子绕氢原子核运行。

Dragons have scales, like snakes, and they can fly.

龙有鳞，像蛇一样，而且能飞。

That probably couldn't happen to that scale, like, in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or something.

这种规模的情况可能不会发生，比如在沙特阿拉伯或科威特等地。

So we have the, I guess, know-how about how to release a book on a scale like that.

因此， 我想，我们拥有如何以这样的规模发行一本书的诀窍。

But to create raw materials using this process at a mass scale like the fashion industry would need, it will be costly.

但要像时装业那样大规模地使用这种工艺来制造原材料，这是需要成本的。

That might not sound like a lot, but decibels are on a logarithmic scale, like the Richter scale for earthquakes.

这听起来可能不是很多， 但分贝是对数标度，就像地震的里氏标度一样。

The shark's skin isn't covered with scales, like other fish: instead the skin's covered with barbs, giving it a rough texture like sandpaper.

鲨鱼的皮肤不像其他鱼类一样由鳞覆盖。相反，它的皮肤布满了倒钩，形成砂纸一样的粗糙质地。

That's just the kind of the perception about something, especially on a big scale, like the way that most of society perceives something.

这只是对某事的一种看法，尤其是在大范围内，就像大多数社会对某事的看法一样。

He was scaled like a lizard, blind, with leather wings like the wings of a bat. When I touched him the skin fell from his bones.

他像蜥蜴一样全身长满鳞片眼睛是瞎的 长了对蝙蝠样的小翅膀我一碰他 他的皮肉就从骨头上脱落。

There are balancing scales, like you might stand on at a doctor’s office, or spring scales, like the ones you might use to weigh fruit in a grocery store.

有平衡秤，就像您站在医生办公室时使用的一样， 或者弹簧秤，就像您在杂货店里用来称水果的秤一样。

Superclusters themselves aren't just randomly distributed through the Universe either: they appear to fall along tremendously long interconnected and intersecting filaments, making the Universe appear almost foamy on the biggest scales, like a sponge.

它们似乎是沿着非常长、相互联系、相互交叉的细丝落下的，使宇宙从最大的尺度上看几乎像泡沫状的，就像海绵一样。

It costs between one and five dollars to vaccinate a dog if done on a massive scale, like in the United States. But Taylor said that can be a financial hardship for a poor family.

像在美国对狗进行大规模的注射疫苗，每条狗需要花费1到5美元。但泰勒说这对贫困家庭来说可能是项经济负担。

When I play I always try to think about the strings behind the keys. You can play a scale like this. Which I think is great, but I can also play it like this.

当我演奏时， 我总是想着琴键后面的琴弦。 你可以像这样弹奏音阶。我认为这很棒， 但我也可以这样玩。

Simon Garfield, author of In Miniature, says that holding a scaled-down world in our hands gives us a feeling of control and helps us understand what is too big to envision at full scale, like skyscrapers and railways.

《微缩世界》一书的作者西蒙·加菲尔德说，将一个缩小的世界握在手中会给我们一种控制的感觉，并帮助我们理解那些太大而无法想象物体，比如摩天大楼和铁路。