This was intended to exclude the direct rays of the sun.

这是用来阻挡太阳直射光线的。

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It's safer to fake a tan with make-up rather than subject your complexion to the harsh rays of the sun.

用化妆来伪造棕褐色的皮肤比让皮肤暴露于强烈的太阳光线更安全。

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The wings of a crow cannot shut out the rays of the sun.

乌鸦的翅膀挡不住太阳的光辉。

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's Ban Ki-moon, standing in a damaged UNRWA warehouse, backlit by what appear to be rays of the sun, during his visit in January to Gaza.

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The flame, meant to represent purity, was kindled from the rays of the sun using a parabolic mirror in a ceremony on 10 May at Olympia, the home of the ancient Olympic Games.

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In October every year, the first rays of the rising sun reach across the Nile, penetrate the temple and move along the hypostyle hall, through the vestibule and into the sanctuary, where they illuminate the somewhat mutilated figures of Ra-Horakhty, Ramses II and Amun.

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