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extend
v.延長, 延伸
Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.
海底鉆探平臺將尋找石油的區域延伸到了海洋大陸架上——陸地附近淺海下緩緩的斜坡。
enhance
v.提高, 增加
Humans instinctively seek structures that will shelter and enhance their way of life.
人類本能地希望可以提供居住并且改善他們生活質量的建筑。
edge
n.邊緣
In many semiarid areas there is also a lower timberline where the forest passes into steppe or desert at its lower edge, usually because of a lack of moisture.
這一植被迅速轉變的區域被稱為上行樹帶界線或林木線。在許多半干旱地區，林木線通常較低，該線以內的植物經常由于缺乏水分而轉變為荒原或沙漠。
due to
因為，由于
Yet an equally important criterion is the ability of a species to survive random global ecological catastrophes due to impacts.
然而還有一個同等重要的準則就是，它們可以從隨機的、由天體撞擊造成的全球生態災難中幸存。
domestic
adj.家庭的；國內的
The Arts and Crafts Movement was much more than a particular style; it was a philosophy of domestic life.
工藝美術運動超越了某種特定風格，它是家庭生活的哲學。
dissolved-dissolve
v.分解; 使融化
The organic matter may partially decompose, using up the dissolved oxygen in the sediment.
有機物會局部分解，消耗沉淀里的溶解氧。
consciousness
n.意識；自覺
consciously
adv.有意識地; 自覺地
conscious
adj.有意識的
Advocates for this opinion point to reports from people who have experienced a trance state, a highly suggestive state of low consciousness between waking and sleeping.
支持這種觀點的人指出，報道中那些經歷過恍惚狀態的人，是在一種似睡非睡且意識薄弱時給予的強制暗示狀態。
concentration
n.集中; 專心
concentrated
adj.集中的
Saline soils, which have high concentrations of sodium chloride and other salts, limit plant growth,
含有高濃度的氯化鈉和其他鹽類的鹽堿土壤抑制植物生長，
and research continues to focus on developing salt-tolerant varieties of agricultural crops.
于是研究繼續集中開發耐鹽農作物品種。
coast
n.海岸
coastal
adj.海岸的
coastline
n.海岸線
As Patrick Kirch, an American anthropologist, points out, rather than being brought by rafting South Americans,
正如美國人類學家Patrick Kirch所指出的，比起從南美漂流過來，
sweet potatoes might just have easily been brought back by returning Polynesian navigators who could have reached the west coast of South America.
甘薯更容易被那些到過南美的玻利尼西亞返航者攜帶來。
apprentice
n.學徒
As master craft workers, they imparted the knowledge of their trades to apprentices and journeymen.
作為師傅，工匠們將自己的手藝傳授給徒弟和雇工。
acquired-acquire
v.獲得, 取得
When this widespread use of projection technology began to hurt his Kinetoscope business,
隨著投影技術的廣泛應用，活動電影放映機產業受到沖擊，
Edison acquired a projector developed by Armat and introduced it as "Edison's latest marvel, the Vitascope."
愛迪生公司獲得了一臺由阿瑪特發明的投影儀，并推出“愛迪生最新創舉-Vitascope”。
watercolor
n.水彩; 水彩畫
The year 1850 may be considered the beginning of a new epoch in America art, with respect to the development of watercolor painting.
人們將1850年看作是美國藝術的新紀元，它涉及水彩畫的發展。
temperate
adj.溫和的
In other words, unlike comparison between temperate and tropical areas, these patterns are still in the documentation phase.
換句話說，不像溫和地區和熱帶地區的比較，這些模式仍處在記錄階段。
serve
v.為...服務; 供應
Applied-art objects are bound by the laws of physics in two ways: by the materials used to make them, and the function they are to serve.
這些應用藝術品受到物理法則的約束，這些物理法則既關于制作藝術品所用的材料，又關于去容納，支撐，遮蔽的物品。
representative
n.代表, 典型
representation
n.代表；表示；表現
Frequently the myths include representatives of those supernatural forces that the rites celebrate or hope to influence.
故事（神話）在這種儀式中發展起來，這些故事中經常會有儀式慶祝或期望影響的超自然力量的典型。
portion
n.部分
The structure of the backbone shows, however, that Ambulocetus swam like modern whales by moving the rear portion of its body up and down, even though a fluke was missing.
但是，脊椎的結構顯示，即使缺少fluke，走鯨通過上下移動其身體后部游動，這一點類似于現代鯨類動物。
