Generally, a lantern riddle consists of three parts, namely the riddle, the hint and the answer.
灯谜通常由三部分组成，即谜面、谜目和谜底。
Nature is indeed like a riddle, some areas of which are beyond the reach of science and technology, at least in the foreseeable future.
大自然确实像一个谜，其中一些领域是科学技术无法触及的，至少在可预见的未来是这样。
The answer to this riddle lies in the metabolic activity of early photosynthetic life-forms that slowly but surely transformed the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere.
这个谜题的答案在于早期光合生命形式的新陈代谢活动，这种活动缓慢但一定改变了地球大气的化学成分。
But the riddle of what underlies handedness remains.
但是，偏手性始终是个谜。
So with luck the sunspot riddle should be solved in 2010.
所以说，如果我们走运的话，太阳黑子之谜将在2010年被解开。
Data from Spitzer finally seems to have solved the riddle.
从斯皮策得来的数据貌似解决了这个谜题。
I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle.
我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。
Baroness: you know, you're much less of a riddle when I see you here, George.
男爵夫人：乔治，你知道吗，在这儿看你，你就已经不再是个难解的迷了。
All that Silver said was a riddle to him, but you would never have guessed it from his tone.
西尔弗所说的这一切，对他来说是一个谜，但是你从他的口气中却决不会察觉出来。
By pure thought, by concentration of mind, the riddle, he believed, would be revealed to the initiate.
他相信，通过纯思考，借助于头脑的专注，这个谜底终将被揭开。
There is a riddle, which spreads in people: in world, what is the longest but is also the shortest thing?
有这么一个流传于世的谜语：世界上什么东西最长又最短？
The ring may answer the riddle of another moon, Iapetus, which has a bright side and a very dark side.
这道光环也可以解开另一个卫星“土卫八” （Iapetus）的迷团。 “土卫八”一侧发光，另一侧很暗。
The important point about the chameleon on the mirror riddle is that the lizard and glass become one system.
镜子上变色龙之谜的重要之处在于，蜥蜴与镜子形成了一个整体。
That puts puns in contrast to, say, a riddle about how many psychiatrists it takes to screw in a light bulb.
这就把双关比作一个问“装上一个灯泡需要多少精神病医生”的谜语。
But he reminds us that "there is no exhaustive list or 'key' to solve the riddle of our individual dreams."
但他提醒我们说：“个体的梦和释梦的‘钥匙’无法穷尽。”
These periodical five francs were a double riddle to Courfeyrac who lent and to Thenardier who received them.
这五个到时必付的法郎，对出钱的古费拉克和收钱的德纳第两方面都成了哑谜。
Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have found a likely solution to a centuries-old riddle of the night sky.
通过NASA的斯皮策太空望远镜，天文学家们很可能为夜空中的一个古老的谜题找到了答案。
Teacher: Boys, I have a riddle to ask you. There's something wearing beautiful feathers, and it can wake you up every morning.
老师：孩子们，来猜个谜语：有一种东西，浑身都是漂亮的羽毛，每天早晨它能叫你起床。
Although Brand's riddle had been around for 20 years, this was the first time, as far as I know, anyone had actually tried it.
虽然布兰德的谜题已流传了20年之久，但据我所知，这还是第一次有人尝试真正动手试验。
Scientists in Britain think it was probably the chicken, after using new computer technology to try and crack the age-old riddle.
英国科学家在应用最新电脑技术尝试破解这一古老谜题后宣称，很有可能是先有鸡后有蛋。
What she was hoping for was that the answer would unriddle the riddle, and bring rest and peace to her perplexed little mind.
她所希望的是妈妈的回答能够解决这个难解之谜，能够为她那困惑的小小心灵带来平静和安宁。
"Of a truth, friend, that matter remaineth a riddle; and the Daniel who shall expound it is yet a-wanting," answered the townsman.
“说实在的，朋友，那件事还是一个谜呢；象但以理①那样聪明的解谜人，我们这儿还没有哪，”那镇上人回答说。
In spite of all we have learned from space flights, the moon is still a riddle from the distant past-and will be for a long time to come.
尽管我们已经从空间飞行中了解了一些，月球仍然是来自遥远过去的一个谜，而且仍将会在未来很长一段时间如此。
A faint, fatty residue found in gecko footprints may finally solve the riddle of these lizards' ability to stick to walls and ceilings.
壁虎脚趾纹路上细小的脂肪类足迹也许最终会成为解决这类蜥蜴能够附着在墙上和天花板上这个难题的关键。
But the riddle of what underlies handedness remains. Its proportions - roughly 90 percent of people are right-handed and 10 percent left-handed - stay consistent over time.
但是，偏手性始终是个谜。它的比例——人群中大约90%是右手使用者，10%是左手使用者——始终保持不变。
But the riddle of what underlies handedness remains. Its proportions - roughly 90 percent of people are right-handed and 10 percent left-handed - stay consistent over time.
但是，偏手性始终是个谜。它的比例——人群中大约90%是右手使用者，10%是左手使用者——始终保持不变。
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