The clock, light bulb and opened book are symbols of lapsed time, records and memories of certain periods.

时钟、灯泡、打开了的书本像是隐喻，不管怎样，随著时间的流逝，一个年代发生的事情都将被整理、记录。

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New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.

只有经过很长时间以后，新产品和新生产流程才转移到发展中国家。

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This video dress displayed a time-lapsed image of a rose opening up and closing, with an array of colours and light, made possible by 15, 000 LEDs embedded in the fabric.

这款视频服装显示出一幅缩时拍摄影像——植入织物的15，000个LED使一支玫瑰能够自如地开合，并产生一系列色彩和光亮变化。

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Staff were asked to take unpaid leave at Christmas and 45 part-time contracts lapsed.

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SpaceX has also released time-lapsed footage of Dragon leaving the International Space Station, which you can watch below.

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At last count I could find eight variations on the "Cheese of the Month club", most of which lapsed about the same time, suggesting they were bought as a block.

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