I stumbled upon this curious blend of biology and fable during a wintry campus visit to Harvard's Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium a few years ago.
在多年前一次冬令营期间，对哈佛大学法洛参考图书馆和隐花植物标本室的参观中，我偶然发现这个稀奇古怪的生物学+童话的组合。
Going very deep into one subject, learning and understanding it over a course of several years, ACTS as a point of reference that is useful when we learn other subjects.
对于某个主题，要非常深入的钻研，并用数年时间学习和理解，这样才能将其用来作为学习其他技能时的参照。
For astronomical calculations, days are specified as the number of days from a reference point — you don't need to identify years, months, or weeks.
对于天文的计算，天被指定为从一个参照点开始的天的数量——不必识别年、月或者星期。
This latest reference by Mr.Rudd, who is likely to face a general election later this years, has been dismissed as early electioneering by members of the Japanese government.
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While violence in Iraq continues to be at its lowest level in years, the president made a reference to problems, saying terrorists continue to try to derail progress.
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