Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source—such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway—a lot of energy is lost during transmission.

在美国，照明约占总耗电量的7%。由于照明通常远离电源——例如从发电厂到偏远公路上的路灯——因此大量的能源在传输过程中会损失掉。

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When the Hawaiian Islands emerged from the sea as volcanoes, starting about five million years ago, they were far removed from other landmasses.

当夏威夷群岛从大约500万年前开始以火山的形式出现在海面上时，它们远离其他陆地板块。

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Many of these books are far removed from the reality of the children's lives.

很多这样的书都跟孩子们的现实生活严重脱节。

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For me, it has been my reading of fiction far removed from political considerations that evoked in me a sense of personal freedom or the possibilities of escaping the South.

在读小说时,我会将一切抛诸脑后,这种精神上的解放让我,对逃往南方。

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It is a low-key place, far removed from uber-cool Tel Aviv and religious Jerusalem.

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Nintendo needs for the Wii to stop being so far removed from traditional consoles.

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The kingdom is now a complex, diverse country far removed from the Al Sauds' Bedouin origins.

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