Just as a painter looks for inspiration when faced with a blank canvas, the architect may also, on occasion, see their work more like an art than a science.

就像一位画家面对一张空白的画布寻找灵感，架构师也可能将他们的工作视为一门艺术而非科学。

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These plates function as a canvas for food as a work of art.

这些方形餐盘加上食物，俨然是油画艺术。

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By keeping all of the clutter one would normally associate with a desktop (launchers, ICONS, files, etc) you are always presented with a 'blank canvas' free of distraction and ready for work or play.

保持所有的东西可能会让人联想到桌面(启动软件，文件，图标等)。无论是工作还是娱乐，总是从空白开始。

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Ryan's skin is weathered. He's got creases in his neck and his canvas work pants seem to hang on his lean frame.

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Given a fresh canvas on which to work, Obama sought the most compelling examples of an asserted global warming crisis.

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Might we have lost something by forcing contemporary playwrights to work on a smaller canvas?

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While much of her work graphically depicts her physical suffering (a famous canvas shows Frida as a bleeding deer shot with arrows), the letters reveal her stoic side.

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