His patrols halted the raiding parties: hunger assailed the Danish army.

他派出巡逻队阻止敌人抢劫，因而饥饿威胁着丹麦军队。

in order that an individual or a group of individuals may earn as much money as possible.

为的是让某个个人或某一部分人尽可能多地赚钱。

and one odd finding that makes the problem puzzling is that it looks very much as if sleeping is not simply a matter of giving the body a rest.

一项使人对这个问题感到困惑的奇怪的发现是，睡眠在很大程度似乎并不仅仅是为了使身体得到休息。

A burst of activity associated with the laying of submarine cables soon confirmed the Challenger's observation that many parts of the ocean were two to three miles deep,

海洋中很多地方可深达两三英里，

and who drew his conclusions fearlessly.

并大胆地得出自己的结论。

is of an indescribable fascination.

具有难以言表的构思魅力。