Enormous changes in materials and techniques of construction within the last few generations have made it possible to enclose space with much greater ease and speed and with a minimum of material.
在过去的几代人的时间里，建筑材料和建筑技术发生了巨大变革，使人们能够以最少的材料更加简洁、快速地围砌出建筑空间。
We had a lot of money tied up in materials.
我们的钱都用来买原材料了。
Numerous in variety: complete in materials and specifications of yarn.
品种多样化——各种原料组分、各种规格的纱线一应俱全。
She received part of her salary in cash and the other part in materials to build her own house.
工资一部分是现金，一部分是建造自己房屋的材料。
It s a novel approach that will require new research in materials science, chemistry and physics to work.
这是一种全新的处理方法，需要在材料科学、化学和物理学诸方面进行新的研究。
There is even a name for the steady reduction in materials used to make the same goods: “lightweighting”.
生产同样的货物，不断减少材料使用的行为甚至有了定义：“轻量化” 。
Some American collectors are concerned that the trade in materials from endangered animals will become more restricted.
有些美国藏家担心，这些出自濒危动物的材质会严加限制交易。
These are bold claims, but as Scott Faris, Planar's boss, points out, a lot of the benefits come from savings in materials.
这是大胆的预测，但Planar公司的老板斯科特·法瑞斯(Scott Faris)同时指出，大部分利润来自于材料的节省。
The advantage of vacuum deposition is that it's possible to make very high-quality films, which result in materials with higher conductivity.
真空沉积法的优势在于它可以制出高品质的薄膜，从而成为高导电性的材料。
Elsevier's materials Today magazine has compiled a list of the top ten most significant advances in materials science over the last 50 years.
《Elsevier ' sMaterialsToday》列出了过去50年在材料科学最重要的十大进展。
There is more: a 2% increase in materials such as latex gloves and hairnets, a 5% increase in lab supplies for milk testing and an 8% increase in the chemicals used to clean the plant and equipment.
还有更多：原材料成本(例如塑胶手套和头发网帽)增加2%、供牛奶检测用的实验室用品成本增加5%、用来清洁厂房和设备的化学用品成本增加8%。
So, if one "Ralph Parker" works in materials engineering and another in medicine, and you wanted to describe the latter, you might specify search terms to omit pages where the word "materials" occurs.
因此，如果某个“RalphParker”从事材料工程，而另一个从事医药行业，若希望描述后者，可以指定搜索条件忽略出现词语“材料”的页面。
They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials.
他们比较了这些有机物在接触不同材料时如何表现。
Boots made from synthetic materials can usually be washed in a machine.
用合成材料做成的靴子通常可以在机器里洗。
In usual materials, one finds an inverse relation between the two properties, whereas for many practical applications simultaneous presence of both properties is desirable.
在通常的材料中，人们会发现这两种性质之间的反比关系，而在许多实际应用中，同时存在这两种性质是可取的。
In the countryside materials have a significantly lower heat capacity because a vegetative blanket prevents heat from easily flowing into and out of the ground.
在农村，材料的热容量要低得多，因为植被可以防止热量轻易地从地面流入或流出。
Your materials will be kept in ACE files.
你的材料将被保留在ACE 文件夹内。
I think in the future, materials will evolve, and they will look and feel like fabrics we know today, like cotton or silk.
我认为在未来，材料将会得到改进，它们的外观和触感将会像我们今天所知的面料那样，比如像棉花或丝绸那样。
Once the data and associated materials appear in a repository, answering questions and handling complaints can take many hours.
一旦数据和相关的材料出现在一个存储库，回答问题和处理投诉可能需要数小时。
The materials chiefly used in modern papermaking are cotton or linen rags and wood pulp.
现代造纸中主要使用的材料是棉布或亚麻布和木浆。
The materials chiefly used in modern papermaking are cotton or linen rags and wood pulp.
现代造纸中主要使用的材料是棉布或亚麻布和木浆。
Because their primary purpose is not functional, they are only limited in terms of the materials used to make them.
因为它们的主要用途不是功能性的，所以它们只在制造材料方面受到限制。
The author uses the example of rattle to show that in toy-making there is a continuity in the sue of materials.
作者以摇响器为例说明了在玩具制作过程中，材料的使用具有连续性。
The author uses the example of rattle to show that in toy-making there is a continuity in the use of materials.
作者以拨浪鼓为例，说明了在玩具制作过程中，材料的使用具有连续性。
I can't imagine that! I don't think it right to use photocopied materials even in the classroom because it's against the law.
我无法想象！我认为即使在教室里使用影印材料也是不对的，因为这是违法的。
The tip's resident Imam lives with his 11 children in a house made of materials scavenged from rubbish.
垃圾场的定居者Imam和他的十一个孩子住在一个由垃圾中捡来的材料建造的房子里。
I'm doing a survey on teaching materials in school.
我正在对学校的教学资料进行调查。
Industrial waste is even more harmful since there are many highly poisonous materials in it, such as copper and lead.
工业废料更有害，因为其中有许多毒性很强的材料，如铜和铅。
Initiatives also include efforts to reduce its environmental impact, water consumption and materials used in packaging by 2025.
这些措施还包括在2025年之前减少其对环境的影响、耗水量和包装材料的使用。
A similar example of identical materials used in contrasting styles characterizes the treatment of Roman travertine marble.
在对比样式中使用的相同材料的类似示例体现了罗马石灰华大理石的处理特点。
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