Motifs of seeming simplicity can encode complex meanings in Aboriginal Australia.

在澳洲土著中，看似简单的图案可能包含着复杂的含义。

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The simple motifs found at Panaramitee are common to many rock-art sites across Australia.

对于遍布澳大利亚的众多岩画遗址来说，在 Panaremitee 发现的那些简单图案显得很普通。

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For example, a particular musical theme associated with an individual character or situation may be repeated at various points in a film in order to remind the audience of salient motifs or ideas.

例如，一个与个人性格或情况挂钩的特定音乐主题，可能会在电影的几个转折点重复播放，以提醒观众电影所突出的主题或思想。

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So maybe what we have here is another polemic,another adaptation of familiar stories and motifs to express something new.

所以，也许这又是另一场辩论,又是对我们所熟悉故事的颠覆。

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We're going to read these stories with an eye to Israel's adaptation of Near Eastern motifs and themes to sort of monotheize those motifs and themes and express a new conception of God and the world and humankind.

我们将阅读这些故事，并关注,以色列是怎样把一神论从近东时期的宗教主题中分离出来,并创造出一个关于神、世界和人类的崭新观点的。

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In Shanghai, architects and their clients were influenced by traditional Chinese building forms and motifs.

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Art historians say death repeated itself in various forms and motifs in his work.

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They smoked cigarettes in the caves, which are painted with biomorphic motifs from 10, 000 years ago.

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