I could tell from the surrounding mountains that we were on the bottom of a long dead sea.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

Yet, for all of this, one might say there is still a profound enigma surrounding Aristotle's political works.

但除了上述之外，人们还是觉得,亚里士多德的政治作品仍充满了深奥的谜团。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This means that all the area surrounding that Fairview Gardens was mainly farmland back in the 1950s, all growing food, probably a fair amount of it being eaten locally by people.

美景花园的整个周边地区,在上世纪50年代基本上都是耕地,都长着农作物,其中很大一部分被当地人消费掉

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The surrounding area does not make you suspect the existence of such a great opening in the earth.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

According to the Second Brother, it's virtually impossible for a single, helpless maiden to pass uninjured in this wild, surrounding waste.

弟弟认为，一个孤独无助的女孩想要，毫发无伤的穿过这野外的荒原是根本不可能的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Stardust passed through a cloud of material surrounding comet Wild Two in January of two thousand four.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

OK, then it says draw a single bond from each surrounding atom to the central atom, and subtract two valence electrons.

后将中心原子与其相邻原子之间,连上单键，然后减掉2个价电子。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

These experts use chemistry, physics,anthropology, biology and other sciences to study the clues surrounding a crime.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

So, he actually owned for a short time this huge chateau, and other relatives and friends lived in estates surrounding theirs.

他只拥有这个巨大的城堡一段很短的时间，其他的亲戚朋友的房子都挨的很近。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The explosion was a signal for all Confederate guns surrounding the fort to open fire.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

There is surrounding farmland going as far,typically, as there is either a natural or an artificial frontier.

周围环绕着农田,这些农田一般会延伸至一个自然边界,或者一个人工边界为止

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

His father,Joe Brown, had a job removing fluids from pine trees in the surrounding woods.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Surrounded--Surrounding--To complete a mechanical metaphor that would have led Descartes to despair-- Thank you, Koleen.

这也是个可以让笛卡尔绝望的,机械性隐喻,谢谢你,柯琳

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The trees surrounding Biltmore look like a natural forest.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

Surrounding the axon is a myelin sheath, which is actually just insulation.

髓鞘将轴突包裹起来,实际上形成了一个绝缘层

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Actress Mia Farrow was questioned by the court about the events surrounding a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in 1997.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Milton is much more likely imagined to wield - and if you have any sense of what the mythology surrounding Milton is, you would have to agree with this - a socially conservative power over his readers.

现在，大家更可能认为弥尔顿,-如果你对弥尔顿时代的神学有点了解的话，你就会同意这一点,-大家认为弥尔顿向读者传达的是社会保守思潮。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The surrounding region is turning out to be a treasure trove for archeologists, anthropologists and speleologists, or cave explorers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

Gunfire and explosions continued Saturday as protesters for a third day clashed with security forces surrounding their camp.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

(Speech) In an interview on French radio, Probst suggested the judge's order was part of a larger attack on the conservative circle surrounding Chirac.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

So,all the normal rituals surrounding the funeral of a person would still be preserved.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

But the BJP,after some initial waffling, is backing Gandhi, apparently believing the controversy surrounding him and his alleged remarks will strike a positive chord with some Hindus.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28