They're stuck to a surface that's provided by the environment that's around them, they're not swimming free in solution.

他们黏联在,周围环境的表面上,而不会在溶液中自由运动

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On the face of it, Locke is a powerful ally of the libertarian.

表面上看，洛克是自由主义的强力盟友。

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So even if determinism were true of us, that wouldn't rule out our having free will, because you can-- appearances to the contrary notwithstanding-- have both determinism and free will.

所以即使我们真的服从于决定论,那也不能排除我们有自由意志的可能,因为你能,尽管表面看来并非如此,同时遵从决定论和拥有自由意志

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It refers to usually 'receptors' that are fixed in a cell, on a cell membrane, and 'ligands' which are dispersed throughout the body and free to diffuse around, and occasionally will find the cell.

受体这个词通常代表了,固定于细胞表面的分子,而配体分散于体内各处,能够自由扩散,它们偶尔会与细胞邂逅

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