Trees soften the outline of the house.

树木使房子的轮廓显得柔和。

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She pencilled the rough outline of the mountain in front of her house.

她用铅笔画出房屋前的山的轮廓图。

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They'd excavated a 3,000-year-old house that the satellite imagery had shown and the outline of the structure matched the satellite imagery almost perfectly.

他们已经发掘出卫星影像上显示的一栋有3000年历史的房屋，而房屋轮廓结构和卫星图像上显示的几乎分毫不差。

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As for President Obama's Tuesday evening address to the nation, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president will outline steps taken so far to stop the flow of oil, mitigate the impact of oil that has come ashore and effortsto ensure that people affected by the disaster are compensated.

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After a contentious intra-party debate, Democrats in the House of Representatives outline a plan requiring U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by August 2008.

NPR: House Democrats Call for 2008 Pullout from Iraq

Mr Boehner convened a closed meeting of all 240 House Republicans on Friday morning to outline tweaks he has made overnight to the legislation.

BBC: Obama underscores urgency of debt-plan deal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office released an outline of the plan, though language in the actual legislation is still being worked out.

FORBES: A Deal On The Bailout