Since Mr Koussa’s departure, Abdelati al-Obeidi, the deputy foreign minister (since promoted) a long-serving aide of the colonel, has been in Greece, Turkey and Malta to take soundings.

自从Moussa Koussa出走之后，外交部副外长Abdelati al-Obeidi（刚升官）曾长期担任卡扎菲上校的助理，一直在探听希腊、土耳其和马耳他的消息。

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As an important detecting tool, there are many key technology to be solved, so TEM soundings is limited in the shallow geologic structure exploration.

但是作为一种重要探测工具，瞬变电磁仪的许多关键技术还没有解决，限制了瞬变电磁勘探法在工程勘探领域的应用。

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In the heart of the continent it is almost as high as the summits of the Alps, yet soundings show that in places that rock floor is below sea level.

大陆的中心几乎与阿尔卑斯山等高，然而，超声探测显示，岩石底部的许多地点都低于海平面。

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Klausology is always an inexact science, but after taking soundings in Brussels, I get the feeling that the consensus among key players is that Mr Klaus is still on course to sign the treaty before too long (ie, before the end of the year).

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Shackleton found that the spot was in fact deep sea, with soundings up to 1, 900 fathoms.

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