high-rise apartments...

和高耸的公寓……

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They seem to be reaching toward the sky there, but not reaching toward the sky as in the cupola of a Baroque church where you're supposed to see God at the top.

而且这些建筑看上去都高耸入云,不过不像巴洛克式教堂高耸的塔楼那样,往顶上看时,你应该会看到雕刻着的上帝

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