Earth's surface is not made up of a single sheet of rock that forms a crust but rather a number of "tectonic plates" that fit closely, like the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
地球表面并不是由构成地壳的单块岩石构成，而是许多紧密相连的“构造板块”，像一块巨大的拼图。
The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by today.
原来的几千件，现在已大大减少到只有一百件了。
However, even these programs are typically constructed from smaller pieces that are simple to build. It's the number of dependencies and the sequence of construction that complicate the build process.
然而，即使这些程序通常是由一些容易构建的较小的块构造而得到的，依赖关系的数量和构造的顺序也会使构建过程变得复杂。
This means that, in the first few hours following the disseminationof a key, the number of pieces required to make a sent message readable can easily be gathered.
这就意味着在最开始密码传输接着的几个小时里,可以很容易收集到用来使已发送信息可读取的碎片数量.
At the moment, the message lasts for about eight hours before vanishing but Dr Geambasu suggests that this duration could be extended or diminished by adjusting the number of pieces of key sent out.
目前，信息可以保持大约八个小时不消失。但是基倍苏女士表示，调节发送碎片的数量可以延长或缩短信息保持完整的时间。
If you have a dog tag, if you have a registered license number, if you have your pet microchipped -- all the pieces of the pie are going to increase the chances of getting your pet back.
如果你有一个狗牌，如果你有一个注册的许可证号码，如果有你的宠物微晶片-每一点线索都将增加你的宠物回来的机会。
If you have unlimited space, look for a bedroom suite that comes with a number of pieces, such as an armoire or matching desk and dressing table in addition to a chest and dresser.
如果你有无限的空间，除了一个柜子和一个梳妆台，你可以寻找一个由很多家具组成的卧室集锦家具，像大型衣橱或是搭配的书桌和梳妆台。
One chick, indeed, had consumed 37 bottle caps, a number of electrical connectors, several bolts, some pieces of plastic piping and even several shards of glass before dying.
其中一只雏鸟在夭折之前曾吞下了37个瓶盖、多个电源插座和一些塑料管碎片，甚至还有数个碎玻璃。
This is a common practice among Japanese women who want to keep pace with their more voracious male companions — the number of pieces they eat is the same, but the volume is less.
这是一种在日本女性之间普遍的做法，她们想在速度上能跟得上旁边大胃口的男性同伴——因为在数量上吃的是一样，但饭量更少。
They did this by putting pieces of silicon or one of a number ofother solid materials inside a shoe-box-sized cavity and zapping the materialwith microwaves from a metal tip.
他们将硅碎片或者其他种固态物质中的一部分放入一个鞋盒大小的腔中，并且用金属末端放出的微波来轰击这些物质。
The silkscreen, which is one of a number of pieces by Warhol that celebrate the American actress, was offered by art collector and hedge fund financier Steve Cohen.
这幅丝网印刷作品是沃霍尔为美国女演员伊丽莎白泰勒创作的一些作品中的其中一幅。它由艺术收藏家和对冲基金金融家史蒂夫科恩提供。
At the moment， the message lasts for about eight hours before vanishing but Dr Geambasu suggests that this duration could be extended or diminished by adjusting the number of pieces of key sent out.
不过靳芭苏博士表示，可以通过增减发送密钥片段的数量来调整销毁信息的时间长短。
Now imagine the poor maintainer of the code who's given the job of putting the pieces back together and trying to find out what's so special about the magic number 42.
现在，设想一下可怜的代码维护者，他所面对的任务是重新组合代码并试图弄清楚幻数42有什么特殊之处。
Follow the fish name with raised fingers for the number of pieces you're ordering.
根据鱼的名字，举起手指示意你想要的件数。
'Customarily, the larger mooncakes are cut into eight pieces because eight is an auspicious number,' explains Ms. Yeow, who adds that they are best served at room temperature.
LynnYeow解释道，传统上，大点的月饼会被切成八份，因为八是幸运数字。她还说，月饼在室内常温下品尝味道最好。
But a number of the pieces, including the final story, “Hacia Teotitlán, ” about a man who travels to Mexico to die, are movingly born out of the author’s anxiety about his mortality.
但是，有相当数量的地方，包括最后一个故事：《前往迪尔迪达蓝》("Hacia Teotitlán")——关于一个前去墨西哥并死在那里的男人，都是作者对终将死亡命运的担忧的真情流露。
If I were to rip these pieces of paper, I wouldn't be destroying the number two.
要是我把这些纸撕碎，数字2并没有被我给损毁了。
While Web services allow applications to communicate, there are a number of pieces involved, which we touch on throughout this article.
Web服务允许应用程序间的通信，其中所涉及的内容很多，本文通篇将对这些内容进行讨论。
In reality, a number of machines (spread across a geographical area) contain the digital assets (or pieces of them, perhaps).
实际上，它涉及到许多机器(位于各个地理位置)，其中包含数字资产(或者数字资产的某些部分)。
A number of small pieces can then be patched together into an entire garment inside a computer, in the same way that a handful of actors are turned into a CGI crowd.
许多小片织物结构可以在计算机中被完整的组合出一套服装，少数CGI特效制作出的演员也利用了相同的方法以完成效果。
A number of pundits have also weighed in on how gender roles might change in this recession, including pieces here, here, here and here.
很多专家也在考虑，性别角色可能会在眼下的衰退中发生怎样的变化，包括各个方面的变化。
In this post we'll showcase a number of pieces for your typography inspiration.
在本帖里，我们将展示一组作品，希望能点燃你字体设计的灵感。
Women who want to add length to their locks can do it in a number of ways, including weaved extensions or synthetic hair pieces, like ponytails, buns and even bangs.
想要增加头发长度的女性可以有很多方法了，包括织入式假发和合成发件，比如马尾发、圆发髻甚至刘海。
Instead of seeing 10 separate pieces of information, we see 3 pieces of information - a 3 digit area code, a 3 digit prefix, and a 4 digit number.
见到10条零散的信息不如看到3条信息-一一个3位数区号，3位数的称谓与一个4位数的号码。
There are three different pieces of information you need from each line: the seven-digit customer number, the customer name, and the single character customer type.
您需要从各行获得三项不同的信息：七位数的客户号、客户名以及单个字符的客户类型。
The problem is, no one wants to stop the line when they notice bad quality, since they are paid by the number of pieces they make.
现在的问题是没有人会因为注意的产品质量缺陷而停止生产，因为他们是按产量获得报酬的。
Aside from her shoes and a sizable number of handbags, Ms. Mellon's clothing collection veers towards simpler pieces.
除了鞋子和数量可观的手包，梅隆的衣服则倾向于更为简单的设计。
A number of important pieces are missing, including most of the documentation.
很多重要的方面没有提及，包括大部分的文档。
A number of important pieces are missing, including most of the documentation.
很多重要的方面没有提及，包括大部分的文档。
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