For when Shenton rides his motorbike, he says it is not gravity that pins him to the road, but the rapid upward motion of a disc-shaped planet.

比方说，他认为人骑摩托能紧贴在地面与重力并无关系，而是由于这个星球像个圆盘，在急速地上升。

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Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.

要不是重力使箭掉落地上，它将会一直沿直线往前飞行。

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Sleeping on the front will help to prevent snoring, as the muscles of the throat will not sag backwards under gravity.

俯卧睡可以有助于防止打呼，因为这时候喉咙处的肌肉不会因为重力原因而下垂到后方。

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She touched the edge of its voluptuous field, knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams, simply to submit to it, that not gravity's pull, laws of ballistics, feral ravening promised more delight.

一个死亡愿望就能达成，她经历过骄奢生活的边缘，知道如果一向它投降，就会有种超越梦境的快乐，野性的掠夺能够带来更多的欢乐。

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We all know that in a falling elevator, you definitely do not escape the pull of gravity.

我们都知道在一个下坠的电梯里,你当然还是会受到重力的

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If all you know is the particle is falling under the affect of gravity, that's not enough to say where the particle is, right?

如果你只知道,质点受重力作用下落,那并不足以表明物体的位移,对吧

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And he seems not to worry that some of his far-flung ventures defy gravity, if not sanity.

FORBES: Red Baron

Gravity was not a physical force but was caused by a curvature in space-time.

NEWYORKER: Sweetheart Sorrow

The situation deteriorates each day, but Argentina is not yet slave to gravity alone.

FORBES: Argentina Has the Power to Avoid Catastrophe