For example, when all we can see is a silver sliver of a new moon, the far side of the moon is in full sunlight.

例如，当我们所能看到的只是一轮弯弯的银色新月时，月球背面正沐浴在阳光之下。

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Staining of a thin sliver of each block can highlight the main bodies of nerve cells (top, purplish image) with the darker areas indicating high cell density near the brain's surface.

对每一块的细微纹路进行着色能突显出神经细胞的主体部分(上面略带紫色的图)。图中的偏暗区域代表了大脑表明的高细胞密度区域。

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Instead, with pure white light and high-tech photo equipment that can capture a sliver of time as brief as a 1/8000th of a second, he isolates his subjects' essences.

相反的，他只是以白色为背景，用高速摄影设备在1/8000秒的快门速度下拍摄，这样就分离出了主题的精髓之处。

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The LTTE,in a statement, says 150,000 civilians, on the verge of starvation in the sliver of coastal land they still control, can only be helped by a halt in the fighting.

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The first is that most of the testimony is going to be from people who can only offer a sliver of what they saw.

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It's far easier for a CEO to think about building up the business when he or she can actually see a sliver of light on the horizon.

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