This column offers as its European of the Year Playmobil man, a short, stiff-legged, eternally smiling, plastic figure first created three decades ago, and today churned out at a rate of 80m a year.

本专栏将Playmobil玩偶提名为“年度欧洲人”。 这是一个身形矮小，两腿僵直，始终面带微笑的塑料小人，诞生于30年前，如今年每年要生产8000万个。

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From the analysis of the relationship between the whole and the part of plastic arts, the whole means the pattern of a figure, and the part means the detail of it.

从造型艺术整体与局部的关系来分析，整体即为图形的影象形式，局部即为图形的具体细节。

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The specimen irradiated by intense laser generates distinct plastic deformation, and the profile of axial cross section of specimen after shocking is similar to a coniform figure.

结果表明：在强激光冲击下，试样发生显著的塑性变形，变形后轴截面形状为类圆锥形；

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In physical form Steel will be a 6-inch plastic superhero action figure, with a well-developed backstory.

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At one point, Anaya wears a black body stocking and a white plastic mask, and she looks like some legendary figure from a lyrical silent film.

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