The laser, with its beam of strong light, can drill a hole in a diamond, and yet can be so well controlled that it can be used in delicate eye operations.

凭着本身强烈的光束，激光可在钻石上钻一个洞，而且可以被很好地控制，因此能用于精密的眼部手术。

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Just as the financial crisis has morphed into a daily grind instead of a daily fire drill, its peculiar argot has found its way into everyday conversations.

随着金融危机从“狼来了”变成活生生的磨难，金融业的一些特有隐语也进入到了日常对话中。

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So how do you create a three-story bookstore in a cathedral when you can't drill any holes into the building or attach anything load-bearing to its walls?

那么既然不能在墙壁上凿任何洞或是承重支架，如何将其改造为三层楼书店？

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It could vaporize a rock and identify its minerals from the spectrum of light they emitted, or drill a sample and tease apart its chemical constituents.

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In its Fruta del Norte site a drill core showed a rich 32 troy ounces of gold per ton of rock.

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Houston contractor Parker Drilling (nyse: PKD - news - people ) has had its share of woes since building Sunkar, a barge designed to drill in the icy, shallow waters of the Caspian.

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