From the shore line, out to a distance which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles.

从海岸线向大海延伸几英里到几百英里的区域是大陆架慢坡。

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They tip-toed out, through the broken weather-boarding, and stopped at a little distance to exchange a parting word.

他们踮起脚尖，从破木板缝里走了出来，走了一小段路就停下来相互道别。

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They drove out very seldom, for Clara was only able to go a short distance.

她们很少驱车外出，因为克拉拉只能走一小段路。

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The simulation detailed in the new paper is based on a sphere centered on our sun that stretches through the disk of our Milky Way galaxy out to a distance of almost a 1000 light years.

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This turned out to be a distance of twenty-six miles three hundred and eighty-five yards.

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