Harry had been braced to hear it, but it was a blow nevertheless.

尽管哈利做好了准备，但是这些话对他仍然是一个巨大的打击。

A generation on, the trade is braced for big changes.

经历一个时代的演变，这个行当呈现出崭新的面貌。

Ah, we do call those braces as well.

啊，我们也叫它牙套。

We do a lot more braces than prosthetics.

我们做的支撑比假肢多多。

Peter braced himself for the attack.

彼防备着攻击。

I braced for the pain that was headed my way.

我为即将到来的痛苦做好了准备。

And I braced myself for more criticism.

我让自强大起来，经受多的批评。

So I braced myself and told her everything. It was hard.

所以我鼓起勇气把一切都告诉了她 这是困难的。

New England is bracing for a winter storm.

新英格兰州已为冬季风暴的来袭做好了准备。

They brace themselves for the worst.

他们做好了最坏的准备。

Borders are contested, planned, still disputed.So, when violence flares, everyone braces for the worst.

边境问题存在争议, 已经有计划，但仍然争议不断。所以, 当暴力流血事件出现, 每个人都做了最坏的打算。

I am ripping these stupid braces off the second I get home.

我一回家就要把这该死的牙箍摘掉。

Neighboring Spain is also bracing itself for several days of extreme temperatures.

邻国西班牙也在为几天的极端气温做准备。

I said it out loud and literally braced myself for the laundry police?

我大声说出了口，让自振作起来，面对洗衣服警察？

Kentucky's biggest city Louisville is braced for a 2nd night of curfew.

肯塔基州最大城市路易斯维尔正在为第二晚的宵禁做准备。

Japan is braced for the strongest typhoon to hit the country since 1958.

日本做好了应对1958年以来最强台风的准备。

And so, on May 9, the so-called experts braced for the latest insanity.

所以，5月9日那天，所谓的专家们准备好了迎接新一轮的疯狂。

Harry froze, foot on the stair, face screwed up, braced for the explosion.

哈利怔了，一只脚踏在楼梯上，脸扭成一团，鼓起勇气准备迎接这场大爆炸。

Spain is braced for forest fires and an intensified heat wave from Monday.

从周一开始，西班牙将面临森林大火和愈演愈烈的热浪。

Heather M used to be stuck up, but then she got a scoliosis brace.

希瑟·M过去很傲慢，不过然后她就带上了侧弯矫正腰背护具。