It’s looking for the faint dimming of a star that occurs when an orbiting planet passes in front of it.

当绕着恒星运行的行星在恒星前方经过时，会在恒星表面留下微弱的阴影。 开普勒正是寻找这样的阴影。

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That's because most guys walk into a place with a purpose. Unless they're looking for a space to park their binder filled with original Star Trek drawings, they're looking for friends or women.

大部分男人都是怀着目的前来的，或者是聚朋友，或者是泡妞，除非他是找地方存放他的《星际迷航记》。

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Oliver: You’re looking for a Bronze Star like the one Cleo wore?

你们在找青铜星么，就像Cleo带的那种？

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I mentioned to you in the website that this is not the big opportunity you've been looking for to be a star.

我在网上也跟你们提到过,这不是一个你期待已久的,成为大明星的机会

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Several monster planets have been discovered by looking for the wobbles in a star's spectrum caused by a planet's to-and-fro tugging of its parent.

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Rather than looking for the tiny Doppler shift of a bright star, in other words, Dr Cameron and his team were looking for the much larger Doppler shift of a much fainter planet.

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