strength
n.力,力量
strengthened
adj.被加強的
Unchanging physical laws have limited the size and strength of buildings that can be made with materials discovered long ago.
因物理定律恒定不變,許多早已被發現的建筑材料限制了建筑的大小和有點。
scholars-scholar
n.學者
In addition to exploring the possible antecedents of theater, scholars have also theorized about the motives that led people to develop theater.
為了進一步探尋戲劇的起源,一些學派開始從人類發展戲劇的動機上建立理論。
rent
n.租金 v.租用
rental
n.租金; 租賃
Rent control is the system whereby the local government tells building owners how much they can charge their tenants in rent.
房租管制是指當地政府為業主的房租價格進行限定。
properties-property
n.財產, 性質
Making fine-art objects stable requires an understanding of the properties of mass, 143 weight, distribution, and stress.
使一部藝術作品呈現效果明顯,要求對作畫過程中的質量、輕重、分布及著重點有很好的理解.
practical
adj.實際的, 實用性的
Architecture is the art and science of designing structures that organize and enclose space for practical and symbolic purposes.
建筑是一門設計構造物的藝術和科學,該學科對空間進行組織規劃和分割封閉,以達到實用性和象征性兼備的目的.
photographs-photograph
n.照片
photography
n.攝影, 攝影術
photographic
adj.照相的
A detailed study has been made of the prints using photogrammetry, a technique for obtaining measurements through photographs,
已經使用照相測量法(一種通過照相獲得測量數據的技術)對這些腳印進行了一項詳細的研究,
which created a drawing showing all the curves and contours of the prints.
這種方法產生了一張顯示腳印所有曲線和輪廓的照片。
performed-perform
v.履行; 完成
performers-performer
n.表演者
Rather, their special properties will make possible investigations that will complement those performed with light-and electron-based instruments.
而且,他們的特殊性可使可能的輔助調查以燈光及電控工具的形式展現。
motion
n.運動; 動作
Feeding, courtship, reproduction, and even "rest" are carried out while in constant motion.
它們的進食,求偶,繁殖,甚至“休息”都在不斷的運動中進行。
minor
adj.較小的
Once an oak tree becomes established, it is likely to survive minor cycles of drought and even fire.
一旦橡樹長成,在短周期的干旱甚至火災中它都能夠輕易存活。
machinery
n.機器, 結構
After 1815 this older form of manufacturing began to give way to factories with machinery tended by unskilled or semiskilled laborers.
1815年以后,這種古老的生產模式逐漸消失,雇傭沒有技術或半技術勞動者的機械化工廠開始興起。
crystals-crystal
n.水晶
crystalline
adj.水晶的, 結晶性的
In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid,
隨著熔融態玻璃冷卻,之后逐漸變硬,
but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process.
但這一過程并沒有形成通常意義上的水晶網。
canal
n.運河;水道
The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction.
政府對鐵路、運河以及高速路建設的參與
loose
v.放松;釋放 adj.寬松的
Water is stored underground in beds of loose sand and gravel or in cemented sediment.
水源在地下散沙和礫石,或沉積物中儲存。
profit
n.利潤, 利益 v.有益
profitable
adj.有利潤的, 賺錢的
This law was intended to provide land for small farmers and to prevent land from being bought for resale at a profit or being owned by large landholders.
此法旨在為小農提供土地,禁止土地再買賣或被大地主所擁有。
internal
n.本質, 本性 adj.內在的
If Jupiter had had more mass, it would have developed internal nuclear reactions.
如果木星的質量更大些,內部核反應將應運而生。
inhabitants-inhabitant
n.居民; 居住者
inhabited-inhabit
v.居住于, 棲息
"Urban population" was defined as persons living in towns of 8,000 inhabitants or more .
“城市人口”的定義為8000或以上城鎮人口。
But after 1900 it meant persons living in incorporated places having 2,500 or more inhabitants.
但從1900年以后,它的定義發展成2500或以上人口的組合地區。
ideal
n.理想;典范 adj.理想的
It was, therefore, an ideal technique for emphasizing the hard linear edges and pure, fine areas of color that were so much a part of the overall aesthetic of the time.
因此,在強調當時屬于總體美學的一部分的堅硬的線性邊緣和純潔美麗的顏色方面,它是一項理想的技術。