Because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.
因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。
But because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.
但是因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。
I think we should figure out some ways to stop people from polluting the river and call on them to fight against pollution.
我认为我们应该要想出一些办法来阻止人们污染这条河，并号召人们同污染做斗争。
Figure out which of your tasks is the most important.
弄清楚哪些任务是最重要的。
When you come back, you will have a fresh perspective and figure out an answer more quickly.
当你回来的时候，你会有一个全新的视角，并更快地找到答案。
It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been poorly studied.
由于大部分有关其生活范围的研究还很少，所以很难统计出全球北极能的数量。
When you were trying to figure out what to buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didn't cross your mind.
如果你在想给环保人士购买什么节日礼物时，皮草很可能不会在考虑范围内。
Skimmers can figure out the main idea of a passage especially if it's a topic they're familiar with but they will not be able to remember all the pieces of information.
略读者可以弄清一段话的主旨，特别是如果这是一个他们熟悉的主题，但他们无法记住所有的信息片段。
Tear researcher, Winifred, is trying to figure out how it happens.
研究眼泪的温妮弗雷德正在试图弄清楚这是如何发生的。
The listener must hear the sounds to figure out what the speaker means.
听众必须听到声音才能明白说话人的意思。
Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steve's favourite, and most personal songs.
内奥米设法找出了史蒂夫最喜欢，最个性化的16首歌。
Bob, I really think we should meet to figure out what to do about replacing Leon.
鲍伯，我真的觉得我们应该面对面商量一下怎么换掉里昂。
You don't have to work very hard to figure out what these different facial expressions mean.
你不必努力地学习，去弄清楚这些不同面部表情的含义。
The description was pretty vague, so the police couldn't figure out the portrait of the criminal.
这个描述太模糊了，警察无法确定罪犯的画像。
Researchers have been determined to figure out how bird flu spreads from human to human worldwide.
研究人员下决心要弄清楚禽流感在全球范围内是如何在人与人之间传播的。
Goethe conducted a number of experiments trying to figure out which colors corresponded to which emotions.
歌德做了很多实验，试图推断出哪种颜色对应哪种情绪。
Anyone stuck in a miserable job or anyone trying to figure out what to do with their life should watch this.
任何一个陷在悲惨的工作中或试图弄清楚该如何生活的人都应该看看这个。
It means that a thief likely wouldn't be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it.
这意味着，小偷可能无法在谷歌搜索到该系统的工作原理，然后找出解决办法。
Usually they start by giving a survey to figure out what style a student favors, like visual or verbal learning.
通常他们会先做一个调查，找出学生喜欢什么样的学习方式，比如视觉学习或语言学习。
Remember I asked you from the preface, John Ray's preface, to figure out who Dolly Schiller is, who dies in childbed.
还记得我曾让你们找出约翰·雷序言中的，死在产床上的多莉是谁。
Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer.
因为我坐在35个学生中间，所以很容易就能猜出我可能要回答哪些问题。
Every couple goes through a stage of assessment as you figure out if you want to be together: Do you want to live together?
每对伴侣都会经历一个评估阶段，当你弄清楚是否想要在一起：你确认想一起生活吗？
The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and then do something about it.
解决这个意义缺失（问题）的第一步是找出你真正关心的事情，然后再做点什么。
If you ignore 1900, you can figure out if a given year is a leap year just by looking to see if the rightmost two bits are zero.
如果你忽略1900年，你就可以通过观察最右边的两位是否都为零来判断某一年是否为闰年。
At the end of an iteration of work, we always look back at how we did and figure out what we can do differently next time to improve.
持续的反馈和改进：在重复工作的结束时，我们总是回顾我们是如何做的，并找出下次改进时我们可以做的不同之处。
Tim Hensley's "Wally Gropius" was maybe my favorite graphic novel of the year, and I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it is.
TimHensley的《沃利·格罗皮乌斯》大概是我今年最喜爱的漫画小说，我也正在试图搞明白它到底是什么。
I take as many raisins as will fit in and I leave. Right? I hope almost every one of you could figure out that was the right strategy.
我能装多少葡萄干就装多少，然后离开。对吧？我希望你们每个人都能明白这是最优策略。
Young children being raised bilingual have to follow social cues to figure out which language to use with which person and in what setting.
从小在双语环境下长大的孩子必须关注社交线索，以弄明白在什么环境下与什么人交流该使用哪种语言。
If we could figure out how to improve the efficiency with which we use energy, we can do a lot more work with the energy that is available.
如果我们能弄清楚如何提高我们使用能源的效率，我们就能用可利用的能源做更多的事情。
The problem was that I barely knew anything about 3D printing, and I had only nine months to figure out how to print five fashionable looks.
问题是我对3D打印几乎一无所知，而且我只有9个月的时间来弄清楚如何打印出5种时髦的造型。
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