Day and night were divided into the same number of parts, so that except at the equinoxes, days and night hours were unequal; and then of course the length of these hours varied with the seasons.

白天和黑夜被分为均等数量的部分，所以除去昼夜平分点，白天和黑夜时间是不等的；当然，这些时长也因季节变化而变化。

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The number of bows that the Japanese exchange on greeting each other, as well as the length and the depth of the bows, signals the social status each party feels towards the other.

日本人相互问候时鞠躬的次数，以及鞠躬的时间和幅度，都表明了双方对彼此的社会地位的认识。

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This limits the number and length of summer and fall shoots.

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So 1.1 times 10 to the -31 meters is not, in fact, a significant number when we're comparing it, for example, to the length of a ball, or the size of the baseball field.

所以1，1乘以10的负31次方米，事实上并不是一个很重要的数字，举例来说，当它与一个球的长度，或者一块棒球场地对比时。

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This passage I read at length is important for a number of reasons let me just try to explain.

我读出这一长段是基于几个重要的理由,我会加以解释。

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One stealth way is to offer a recipe that is both intriguing and easy to pull off, since many home chefs size up recipes by length and number of ingredients alone.

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Mr Reid dwells at length on the number of famous American brands that are now owned by European firms.

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Possibly even a lovely knee-length black suede number you bought in a sale in Benetton and couldn't possibly have afforded otherwise (thanks a lot, British Airways).

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