现在，陆龟构成一个独立的分支，完全被淹没在海龟的分支当中。
Today's land tortoises constitute a single branch, deeply nested among branches consisting of aquatic turtles.
这几栋农舍构成一个正方形的三个边。
四个四分之一构成一个整体。
细胞是构成一切生物的单位。
The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed.
两个一半构成一个整体。
小客栈坐落在河畔，构成一幅美丽的图画。
The inn is picturesquely situated on the banks of the river.
这部作品具有构成一个好的神秘故事所有的因素。
所有这些成分构成一种混合物。
设想一个三维的球状黑洞，把它复制和堆放在一个方向上，就会构成一个长方形的形状。
Think of a three-dimensional spherical black hole that's copied and stacked out in one direction to create an oblong shape.
第二种变异称为“垂直群岛”，村庄在广泛分散的地点开发资源，构成一系列独立生产的“岛屿”。
In the second variation, called the "vertical archipelago", the village exploits resources in widely dispersed locations, constituting a series of independent production "islands".
对许多人来说，丈夫和妻子似乎不足以构成一个真正意义上的家庭——他们需要孩子来丰富他们的小圈子，验证这个小圈子的家庭性质，并从子孙后代那里获得某种弥补的影响。
To many people, husband and wife alone do not seem a proper family—they need children to enrich the circle, to validate its family character, to gather the redemptive influence of offspring.
这两个字构成一个词，不能拆开。
The two characters form a single word, they cannot be separated.
构成这个展览核心的是一大批水彩画。
Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
课程中的科目构成了一个连贯的整体。
这在有法律约束力的、构成条约之一部分的附件中有说明。
It is set out in a legally binding protocol which forms part of the treaty.
这些条款构成买卖双方所签合同的一部分。
These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller.
华人在该市公立学校的课堂中构成最大的一个族群。
The Chinese make up the largest single ethnic group in the city's public classrooms.
这段经历构成了我们之间一条非常特殊的纽带。
火星周围有一个薄薄的大气层，几乎全由二氧化碳构成。
Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide.
这海岸线由一堆杂乱的巨石构成。
水分子由两个氢原子和一个氧原子构成。
A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
他遭到一个联盟的反对，该联盟由大约五十个民权组织、妇女组织和拉美人组织构成。
He had been opposed by a coalition of about 50 civil rights, women's, and Latino organizations.
记忆是身份的一个重要构成部分。
然而，对 W.V.O.奎因来说，这构成了一个过于“狭窄”的经验主义概念。
For W. V. O. Quine, however, this constitutes an overly "narrow" conception of empiricism.
因此，举个例子，沙岩可以和构成它的疏松的沙粒一样具有多孔渗水的特点。
The result is that sandstone, for example, can be as porous as the loose sand from which it was formed.
这个假设是，即使这个DNA不构成任何基因，它一定有其他的用途。
The assumption is that even if this DNA doesn't make up any of the genes, it must serve some other purpose.
这些小行星像类地行星一样，主要由岩石物质和金属构成。
These asteroids are like the terrestrial planets, in that they're composed mostly of rocky material and metals.
珊瑚礁面临的一个后果是，构成活珊瑚礁的珊瑚和藻类之间的共生关系正在瓦解。
One consequence for coral reefs is that the symbiosis between the corals and algae that constitute a living reef is breaking down.
陈述和肖像一起构成了一位思想家的独有形象。
Statement and portrait together form a single image of a thinker.
四季构成了一年。
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