1·Mr. Griffin jerked forward in his chair.
格里芬先生在椅子上猛地向前一动。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The South Florida nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50% in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marine biologist with the environmental group Oceana.
据环保组织 Oceana 的海洋生物学家格里芬说，过去10年里，数量最多的南佛罗里达海龟数量减少了50%。
3·The first thing one notices is the players he's being compared to -- Griffin is on a trajectory that few have approached, and rookies of this quality virtually always turn into superstars.
最先应该注意的一点是与他作对比的都是些什么样的牛人——格里芬的正在遵循极少数人的轨迹，这样优质的新秀几乎必定成为顶级巨星。
4·The crew exploration vehicle would replace the space shuttle, due to be retired in 2010, but not before 2012 and possibly as late as 2014 depending on the money available, Griffin said.
到2010年，航天飞机将退役，被宇航员探险飞行器取代。但这一计划在2012年之前很难实现，可能要推迟到2014年，主要取决于资金问题，格里芬说。
5·Michael Griffin, a former NASA boss, argued in 2007 that the shuttle had cost so much money and time that it had held back the agency for decades.
2007年，前NASA官员迈克尔·格里芬表示航天飞机花费了太多的时间与金钱，在这几十年间拖了宇航局的后腿。