1·It had been an idle and joyful celebration, but the quickening onset of dusk with its long-fingered and persecuting shadows provokes a sense of malaise.
这是一个悠闲欢快的庆典，但是黄昏的加速开始和它不断拉长的阴影引起一种不安的感觉。
2·This is designed to probe the nature of "dark energy", which is thought to be responsible for the quickening expansion of the universe that Hubble helped bring to the world's attention.
这个项目被设计用于探索“暗能量”的本质——“哈勃”让世界意识到宇宙正在加速膨胀，而暗能量被认为是这一现象的成因。
3·The season does induce a quickening of the blood and a heightening of human kind's sensual pleasures.
这个季节的确会加速血液循环、提高人们感官的兴奋程度。
4·The quickening pace that helped the site reach the 2m article milestone just 17 months after breaking the 1m barrier suddenly evaporated: adding the next million has taken nearly two years.
使网站在突破100万后17个月就达到200万大观的加速步伐，瞬间蒸发了：增长下一个百万用了将近2年时间。
5·Energy and time are quickening, much is happening on your expanding Earth as you prepare for the 2012 Ascension.
能量和时间正在加速，当你为2012年的扬升做准备时，许多事正发生在你们不断扩展的地球上。