And where american atomic bombs levelled hiroshima and nagasaki , rather than japanese bombs obliterating chicago and new york ?

而又为什么是美国率先在广岛和长崎投下原子弹，却不是日本率先摧毁芝加哥和纽约？

But this risks obliterating the north 's historical responsibility for climate change and jeopardising poverty eradication programmes in those countries .

但这是冒着消除北半球气候责任和消除那些国家贫穷危机的历史责任的代价。

At meetings , attendees were often checking email , trying to multitask and in the process obliterating their focus .

出席会议时，参会者总在查看电子邮件、试图同时处理几件事，这样的过程不断消磨着他们的注意力。

The thinner outer layers of the star cannot contain the nuclear reactions so tightly , and the star balloons , obliterating nearby planets .

恒星较薄弱的表层无法完全隔离内部的核反应，因而恒星会逐渐吞没附近的行星。

Her experience in the strange bed that afternoon hadn 't been joyous : there 'd been some swooning , obliterating pleasure in the preliminaries , but then too much anxiety in the clumsy arrangements , which she had known ( from her biology lessons ) would follow .

下午在别人床上的经历，并不欢愉：起初倒是有些醉人享受，但是准备不充分，事后会有很焦虑（她在生物课上学到的）。