For example, he contrasted the effect of a common wild flower on a grassy bank with that of a gaudy hybrid of the same genus, imported from Japan and blooming under glass in an enameled vase.

举例说，他对比了一朵在青草畔上的野花和一支在瓷釉花瓶中盛开着的，日本进口的俗丽的杂交同类花的不同效果。

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Keep only mementos that are truly important (your child's first drawing or a vase that have been passed through generations in your family) and preserve the other ones digitally.

只保留真正重要的东西(像你孩子的第一幅画或者是家族世代相传的花瓶)，而其他的就可以一电子的方式保存。

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This particular carpet, though, had no vase on it; only a continuing pattern of intricately joined leaves that gave the design an unusual energy and charm.

这张特殊的地毯上虽然没有花瓶，但相互交织的叶子图案连绵不绝，赋予它与众不同的活力和魅力。

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Instead of taking that one vase, the thief could take two radios. And get more value. So the greedy thief, in some sense, gets the wrong answer. But maybe isn't so dumb.

这个贼可以带走两个收音机，这样总价值更大，因此这个贪婪的贼,在某种意义上没有得到正确的答案,但是可能它也不笨。

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Used to store oil, wine or water, ancient amphorae had gracefully curving handles meant to be gripped comfortably and securely by the user, but Lycett possibly influenced by the protomodernist English designer Christopher Dresser designed his purely decorative vase with boldly angular handles that hug the vase's straight sides while emphasizing the curving neck and shoulders.

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