- Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.
用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。 - The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.
一个国家的主要食物是什么,大体取决于什么作物在其天气和土壤条件下生长得最好。 - Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event's occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
在大量的实验中,某一事件发生的几率等于它不发生的几率。 - Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance's solid is higher than the density of its liquid.
大多数物质遇冷收缩,所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。 - The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。 - By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.
到了二十一世纪中叶,美国画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术产生重大影响。 - In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.
伊丽莎白市,一个重要的航运和制造业中心,坐落于新泽西州的东部。 - Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had a completely female medical staff.
Elizabeth Blackwell,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。 - Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell曾告诉家人,他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师,而非电话的发明者。 - Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became associated with the idea of remembrance.
采摘下的迷迭香树叶常绿不衰,因此人们把迷迭香树与怀念联系在一起。 - Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.
骨头看起来是脆硬的,但它也有一定的弹性,使得骨骼能够承受相当的打击。 - That xenon could not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.
科学家曾相信:氙气是不能形成化合物的。 - Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.
对风暴动力学的研究是为了提高风暴预测从而减少损失,避免人员伤亡。 - The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed.
消除通货膨胀应确保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值相同。 - Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.
未来主义,二十世纪早期的一个艺术思潮。拒绝一切传统,试图通过强调机械和动态来美化生活。 - One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected.
Everglades是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至的地区之一,此处有大量的野生动植物而且大多受(法律)保护。 - Lucretia Mott's influence was so significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States.
Lucretia Mott's的影响巨大,所以一些权威部门认定她为美国女权运动的创始人。 - The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than those of the domestic marketer.
国际市场研究者的活动范围常常较国内市场研究者广阔。 - The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.
大陆分水岭是指北美洛矶山脉上的一道想象线,该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开来。 - Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate that its crust and mantle yield when unusual weight is placed on them.
对地球引力的研究表明,在不寻常的负荷之下地壳和地幔会发生位移。