1·But barring some stumble or scandal, Americans will as usual decide on the candidates' merits, so the key to the election is to decide which qualities are most in demand this time around.
但是除非是发生一些重大的错误或者丑闻，美国人还是会一如继往地根据候选人的优点来做选择，所以当选的关键是确定此刻最急需哪些品质。
2·Technological progress will be essential but, barring a breakthrough in nuclear fusion, it will not set us on a path to an energy system purged of fossil fuels.
技术进步将必不可少，但除非在核聚变技术上获得突破，否则我们无法借此建立一个没有化石燃料的能源体系。
3·That means that barring a breakthrough technology in electricity storage, wind and solar are likely to contribute only small - that is, single-digit - percentages of our overall energy needs.
那也就意味着除非有电力储存上的技术突破，风能和太阳能很可能在我们总的能源需求中只能做出占百分比个位数的少量贡献。
4·Yet, barring economic disaster in large emerging markets, an army of consumers competing for raw materials will continue to emerge.
然而，除非大型新兴市场发生经济灾难，否则还将有大量的消费者争夺原材料。
5·The proportion of women working is expected to remain roughly stable, or grow only slowly, barring big social or institutional change.
除非社会或制度巨变，否则女工的比率趋于稳定这一事实会继续存在下去（虽然存在极低的增速）。