By creating a split at the centre of the building, the architects were able to provide a generous terrace with a small pool at its centre.

通过在建筑的中心创造裂缝，建筑师能够在住宅中心提供一个带小型泳池的宽阔露台。

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Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree; it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly.

我走下月桂小径，面前是横遭洗劫的栗树，黑乎乎的已经被撕裂，却依然站立着，树干中一劈为二，可怕地张着大口。

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The Pentland station made its last radio broadcast at midday and its role as a rescue co-ordination centre will be split between the coastguard stations in Shetland and Aberdeen.

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His quest for a second term has split his centre-left Democratic Revolutionary Party.

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Many were caused by the centrist Union of Christian Democrats, which split from the centre-right coalition before the April 2008 election that returned the right to power.

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