It's moving by four millimetres per year and it should be slipping by ten millimetres per year.

它每年实际移动 4 毫米，但它应该每年滑动 10 毫米才对。

A fierce desperation drove her as she saw the days slipping by and she wished she might grasp the hourglass in her hands and keep the sands from running.

看到一天天就这样悄悄地过去，她简直急得走投无路，恨不得能将报时的沙漏抓到手里，让沙粒停止流动。

But when Nicole saw Dick her laughter died--she made a gesture of slipping by and away from him but he caught her arm and held it as they walked away.

但是当妮可看到迪克时， 她的笑声消失了——她做了一个从他身边溜走的手势， 但当他们走开时， 他抓住了她的手臂并握住了它。

Pushing open the door, Northmour admitted me before him into the apartment. As I came in I could see the daughter slipping out by the side door into the study, which had been prepared as her bedroom.

Northmour推开门，先让我进了公寓。当我进来时，我看到女儿从侧门溜进了书房，书房是她的卧室。

I could only stutter out my thanks, and slipping a card with his address and a bank-note by way of earnest into my hand, Mr. Gregg bade me good-bye, asking me to call in a day or two.

我只能结结巴巴地说声谢谢，然后把一张写着他的地址的卡片和一张诚恳的钞票塞到我手里，格雷格先生向我道别，让我过一两天再来。