Determining where a distant object lies in space takes a bit of work, because the universe lacks clear distance markers.

由于宇宙中缺少明显的距离标识，在空间中确定一个遥远的物体的位置需要大量的工作。

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Too often they have been asked to fight in strange and distant places, for no clear purpose they could see and for no accomplishment they can measure.

他们太经常地被要求去陌生和遥远的地方打战，他们看不到清楚的目的，也感觉不到任何成就。

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Almost immediately after we left the base it became clear that spotters were tracking our movements from distant rooftops, as they always do.

我们离开基地后不久便发现，敌方侦查员们正在远处的屋顶上跟踪我们的动向，他们一贯这么做。

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Not just to enliven these abstract and distant books but to make clear, to bring out what's at stake in our everyday lives, including our political lives, for philosophy.

不仅是为了将这些深奥抽象的著作形象化,还为了让我们通过哲学辨明,日常生活，包括政治生活中什么才是最关键的。

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Strikingly, when reading the report, the parallels between this debacle and other corporate disasters of the recent and more distant past are stunningly clear.

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