1. But where the American is pressing for a specific decision, the Japanese is trying to devise a rather broad direction.
    但美国人总是急于做出具体决策，而日本人却试着制定一个大方向。

2. The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper, the movements of the ground or of the table as the quake passed by.
    理想的目标是设计出这样一种仪器：当地震发生时，它能用笔在纸上记录下大地和桌子运动情况。

3. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
    他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。

4. You do not have to devise ways of taking your mind off the journey, for an aeroplane gets you to your destination rapidly.
    你不必想办法去摆脱旅途的困扰，因为飞机会迅速地把你送到目的地。

5. Usually at this point in your adjustment to a new culture, you devise some defense mechanisms to help you cope and to protect yourself against the effects of culture shock.
    通常在你适应一种新的文化的过程中步入这一阶段时，你会想出一些帮助你对付和保护自己免受文化冲击的影响的保护性办法。

6. Is it possible to devise a code of rules for companies that would prohibit bribery in all its forms?
    是否有可能设计一套公司法规准则防止各种类型的贿赂呢？