This notion has been used to successfully explain phenomena in our solar system, such as the slight alterations in Mercury's orbit around the sun, which Newton's gravity couldn't account for.

这个观点成功的解释了我们太阳系中的现象，例如，水星绕太阳轨道的微小变动。这是牛顿的引力定律所无法解释的。

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Of course he did go on to explain how natural selection could account for the eye, but we can see why he wrote these words under the heading of “Organs of Extreme Perfection and Complication.”

当然他确实也用自然选择理论解释过眼睛形成，但我们仍然可以看出为什么他会在《极端完美的器官及其带来的难题》的标题下写着以上的文字。

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These mice also had a higher level of inflammation, which the authors explain in their paper published online Thursday in Science Express is what may account for the extra weight.

这些老鼠同时也具有更高的炎症水平。

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They concluded that such upwellings might indeed account for the catastrophic fish deaths, but that they would not explain the deaths of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, since these animals breathe air rather than relying on dissolved oxygen.

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Unmoved, he places far less emphasis on compliance with the letter of his recommendations, and of the earlier Cadbury and Greenbury reports, than on firms' need to explain how they apply the principles in practice and to account for any discrepancies.

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Earlier models, which tried to use water flow and plant growth to explain how the tiger bush got its stripes, failed to account for all but the simplest patterns.

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