It ranges from a passive, free-floating awareness to a highly focused, active fixation.

它包括从一种被动的、自由自在的意识到一种高度集中的、积极的注视范围。

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Hence, floating a few acres of solar panels on the water won't intrude on the surrounding area but rather become a smart way to further utilize a human-modified space.

因此，在水上漂浮几英亩的太阳能板不会影响到周围地区反而会成为进一步利用人类改进空间的好办法。

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His decapitated body was found floating in a canal.

人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。

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in the day and in the night-time, sometimes moonlight, sometimes storms, and we a-floating along, talking and singing and laughing.

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So, there may be a lot of used copies floating around.

所以会有很多旧书

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When transcription happens and it turns out that there's a whole biology associated with this, including molecules that are floating around inside your cells called transcription factors, and their job-- they are molecules that are about particular genes and what some of the sequences and are able to turn on those genes inside cells, to make them transcribe.

研究证明,当细胞转录时,还有与之相关的一整套生物机制在运作,包括一种在你细胞中飘浮着的,称为转录因子的分子,它们的工作就是,它们知道该转录哪一段基因,该转录哪一段序列,然后把这些细胞中的基因激活,进行转录

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Private equity's overwhelming motivation and interest is in floating a business at a fair price.

WSJ: Australia's Private-Equity Deals for the New Year

You're stabbing into the wilderness for a five-day fly-fishing trip, floating a river for trophy brown trout.

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Moreover, Gulf countries might feel more secure about liberalising and eventually floating a Gulf-wide currency, backed by several countries' reserves.

ECONOMIST: Monetary union in the Gulf