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The old lady 's words were punctuated by noise from outside .

老太太的话不时被外面的吵闹声所打断。

The football game was punctuated by the cheers of supporters .

这场足球赛不时出现啦啦队的喝采声。

If a 26-year-old sends elaborately punctuated text messages , does this herald the end of an era ?

如果一名26岁的年轻人发送短信时，标点符号都费心推敲过，这是否预示着一个时代的终结？

Their evidence comes from traffic to one of their own sites which follows a kind of punctuated equilibrium , rising and falling sharply over time as other sites point to theirs .

他们的证据来自他们自己的一个网站的流量，遵循的是一种间断平衡论，当其他网站指向这个站点，该网站的流量随时间急剧上升或下降。

The work turned out to be long hours of low-grade concentration punctuated by moments of panic .

事实证明，这项工作是一次长时间的低强度定位，间或被恐慌时刻打断。