地质学的字面含义是“研究地球的科学”。

The word means "study of the Earth".

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这三种结构是研究汉语术语字面含义的基础。

Those three structures are the basis for the research of literal meaning of terms.

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我所指的是其字面含义：即对于我们所服务的民众而言将是致命的。

And I mean that literally: deadly for the people we are here to serve.

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So while. And thankfully the jargon that the authors of this language chose early on conjures up the right ideas in your mind while something is true.

即while语句，幸好该语言的创始人,选择的术语都很通俗易懂,让人只通过字面意思就能联想到其真正含义。

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