This method assumes that some percentage of planets will pass between our line of sight and the stars they orbit around, causing those stars to dim just a fraction from our perspective.

这个方法设想行星的一部分从其环绕的恒星和我们的视线之间越过，这会造成在我们看来恒星稍稍变暗了一些。

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But nor did I suppose that I, or more than a tiny fraction of my colleagues, put ourselves in the line of fire in the cause of suffering humanity.

但我和我的大多数同事们从不认为我们是为了受难的人类而深入火线。

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The cable line had brought the two continents so near that people could begin to talk to each other across the Atlantic in a fraction of a second.

电缆线缩短了两大洲之间的距离，从而使人们开始能够在瞬间隔着大西洋相互交流。

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After hitting a forehand a fraction wide of the line and losing his challenge in a review, Ferrer double-faulted to give Djokovic match point.

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Buy for whatever fraction of the original build cost they can that production line.

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