The idea is that the building feels ethereal, almost floating on the sea, like a ship, a bird or a plant.

建筑的想法让人感到很超凡，建筑几乎漂浮在海面上，就像一艘船、一只鸟或一种植物。

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Ethereal bodies float in the air, almost dissolve and became part of it.

飘忽的身体悬浮在空中，似乎要溶化在空气里。

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They are depicted against the background of an also ethereal, almost transparent landscape, which creates the feeling of winter and cold, not only in the nature but also in the human relations.

背景也是超凡的透明的风景，营造出冬季和寒冷的感觉—不仅存在于自然界中，还存在于人际关系中。

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In the centre of the soccer-pitch-sized interior courtyard stands a similarly outsized white marble lectern, an almost ethereal sight among the falled buttresses and overgrown weeds.

ECONOMIST: Letter from Samarkand