It was a straight stretch of road with not much traffic about.

这是一条笔直的路段，周围车辆不多。

There was a straight stretch of empty road in front of them.

他们面前是一条笔直的空路。

On straight stretches the Amherst Villiers supercharger dug spurs into the Bentley's twenty-five horses and the engine sent a high-pitched scream of pain into the night.

在直道上，Amherst Villiers 增压器将马刺刺入了宾利的 25 匹马， 发动机发出痛苦的高音尖叫声直至黑夜。

Let’s say you’re driving on a straight stretch of highway. Say, someplace nice and flat, on the wide open spaces of the Northern Plains of the United States. Say… North Dakota.

假设您在一条笔直的高速公路上行驶。 比方说，在美国北部平原开阔的地方， 一个漂亮而平坦的地方。 说… … 北达科他州。

At least not for long, because all it takes to turn a straight stretch of river into a bendy one is a little disturbance and a lot of time — and in nature, there's plenty of both.

至少不会很久，因为将一个直的河段变成弯曲的，需要很多的阻挠和大量的时间——而且在大自然中通常两者都兼有。