So when you wrote your English composition, you went from theme, to outline, to paragraphs, to sentences, to individual words. It's basically a top-down approach.

所以，在你写英语作文时，你是从主题到大纲，到段落，到句子，到单个词语的。基础上是一种自顶向下的写法。

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Please outline the composition principles for ascertaining a nutrient solution formula.

请简要说明在确定营养液配方时的组成原则。

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Make an outline before trying to write a composition.

写作文之前先写个提纲。

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Then, with a few other flowers, I sketched the general outline and shape before placing the rest of the stems into the composition.

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