It works in compression to divert the weight above it out to the sides, where the weight is borne by the vertical elements on either side of the arch.
在受到压力时，拱形结构能够起到将其上面的压力转移到侧面，在侧面的重量则由拱形结构两侧的垂直部分来承受。
He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it.
他把胡子从被子下面撩出来，放在被子上。
I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west.
我爬到一个小山坡的顶部，发现薄雾只有几英尺深，虽然只是小段的攀登，但我发现自己完全位于雾气的上方，伴着夕阳西下，我看到了斯基多峰非常清晰的景色。
As this air is warmed and picks up moisture, it becomes lighter than the air above it.
当这些空气被加热并吸收了水分，它会变得比上面的空气轻。
If the ash cloud were to drift in another direction, flights could be sent around or above it.
届时如果火山灰云飘向另一个方向，飞机可能会被指示绕开或在其上方飞行。
The throne occupies the centre of the platform, and is raised above it upon an elevation of four steps.
宝座位于教坛的中央，有一个四级的台子把它垫高了。
When the well reaches a pool, oil usually rises up the well because of its density difference with water beneath it or because of the pressure of expanding gas trapped above it.
当井和一个水池相接时，油通常会从井里上升，因为它与井下的水的密度不同，或者因为停留在它上方的膨胀气体的压力。
And hovered above it, looking down.
就在天上盘旋着，低头往下看。
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
我仰望尼罗河，在那上面建造金字塔。
The word is misused and sorts oddly with the heading above it.
这个词使用不当，因而同它上面的标题很不协调。
A stronger confirmation as one could wish that we are indeed part of nature not above it.
最有力地证明了我们确实是自然界的一份子，而非高于其上。
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.
上帝就造出空气，将空气以下的水、空气以上的水分开了。
Immediately above it is a photo of the farm where no-till is being practiced "all the way."
题目正上方就是一张农田的照片，农田完全未耕耘。
If the ash cloud were to drift in another direction flights could be sent around or above it.
届时如果火山灰云飘向另一个方向，航班将可以在其周围或上方飞行。
In particular, sudden changes in its height made the job of flying safely above it a tricky one.
火山突然喷发形成的烟云所聚集的高度尤其让海拔高度高于此的安全飞行变得困难重重。
Rightly or not, many Kandaharis believe the main representative of the law in Kandahar is above it.
无论正确与否，很多坎大哈人认为这种法规的代理人远非不是这个组织。
Most people look at the calories on the back of the box, but they often miss the number right above it.
大多数人看盒子背面的卡路里，但他们经常漏掉它正上面的数字。
The first (and the methods above it) deals with the low-level details of setting up database infrastructure.
第一行（和它上面的方法）处理设置数据库基础结构的低层细节。
America is the only rich country that, having fallen below the replacement rate, has risen back above it.
美国是发达国家里唯一一个先是跌破更替生育率，后又反弹超出的国家。
Each layer USES the services provided by the layers below it and provides services to the layers above it.
每一层都使用下面的层提供的服务，并向上面的层提供服务。
He could have used any number of excuses, but he has always bounced back from criticism and risen above it.
他本可以依此向批评者申辩，但他始终没有这么做，而是在批评声中不断进步。
He lives in the flat above it with his wife, who was an English major but cannot speak the language, and his son.
他与他的妻子(主修英文但不会说英语)和儿子一起居住商店上面的公寓里。
We can embrace the relational database, dropping down into SQL as needed and staying above it when convenient.
我们可以包含关系数据库，需要时转入SQL并在适当的时候退出。
Pascal's Triangle has the interesting property that every interior entry is the sum of the two entries above it.
帕斯卡三角一个有趣的地方是每一项都是它上方两项的和。
This does not exclude the OO viewpoint adopted by RUP, but rather implements another layer of abstraction above it.
这并没有排除RUP采用的OO观点，而是在其上实现了另一个抽象层。
The original layer continues to operate without even being (or needing to be) aware that it has another layer above it.
原先的层级继续运作，甚至不会注意到（或不必注意到）其上还有新的层级。
And Iraq, with its widening budget deficit, has an urgent need to turn its riches beneath the ground into wealth above it.
面对日益扩大的预算赤字，伊拉克也迫切需要把其在地下的财富变成地上的财富。
Other scientists have suggested that charges dissipating through the ground can create balls of glowing ionised gas above it.
其他科学家提出，电荷导入地面下，会在地面上产生发光的离子气团。
Other scientists have suggested that charges dissipating through the ground can create balls of glowing ionised gas above it.
其他科学家提出，电荷导入地面下，会在地面上产生发光的离子气团。
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