1. The grandmother remained silent, not to mar the happiness of the child. 奶奶保持沉默，不想破坏孩子的幸福。
2. Baha Mar, a $2.6 billion project in Nassau that would have employed 4,400 building workers, has been stopped by the withdrawal of its American casino partner. Baha Mar是拿骚市一项耗资26亿美元的项目，原本将雇用4,400名建筑工人，但因其美国赌场合作伙伴的退出而停止。
3. It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence. 大人们照例不参加野餐，免得扫兴。
4. "There's a common belief that reading literature is frivolous, or not practical," Mar said. “人们普遍认为阅读文学作品是轻浮的，或者是不切实际的。”马尔说。
5. Mar and his colleagues recently found that fans of romance novels tended to do best on tests of empathy. 马和他的同事们最近发现，爱情小说的粉丝在同理心测试中表现最好。
