Imagine using Mars as a stopover point for water and refueling. As for determining whether life ever existed on Mars.

想象一下，火星可以作为一个补给水和燃料的中转站，同时判断一下火星上是否有生命存在。

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"Stopover" means a scheduled stop on your journey at a point between the place of departure and the place of destination.

“中途分程”是指在您的旅行中事先约定在某一地点的停留，该地点位于您旅行的出发地点和目的地点之间。

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One possibility was in Landstuhl, Germany, an army base that serves as a stopover point for soldiers being sent back to the U.S. for treatment.

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Environmentalists treasure Plum Island as a home to rare plants, a site where seals rest on rocks in large numbers, a stopover point for migratory birds and a habitat for endangered species like the roseate tern.

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The country's archipelago of virgin islands has been used by Latin American cartels as a stopover point for ferrying cocaine to Europe, where prices have skyrocketed at the same time that demand for cocaine leveled off in North America.

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