I need a flat surface to write on.

我需要一个平面在上面写字。

《牛津词典》

I bobbed to the surface and gasped a lungful of air.

我浮上水面，深吸了一口气。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I don't believe I'll come close to scratching the surface of what I would enjoy doing, by the time I've died.

我不相信，到我死的时候，我将接近抓挠我喜欢做的事情的表面。

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"Now,I understand that some believe that we should attempt a return to the surface of the Moon first, as previously planned."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

There are - that's one class of proteins on the surface I'm sorry.

对不起,这是细胞膜蛋白的一个种类

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I don't believe we'll-- I'll--come close to scratching the surface of what I would enjoy doing, by the time I've died.

我不能相信-,我能推测死时,自己会对什么感兴趣。

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But under the surface I can see problems with this use of the tool.

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Vina del Mar has the surface I need.

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It highlighted four of the 10 notable developments that the Keeping Pace report spotlighted, two of which I found to be quite positive and two of which that may appear to be good on the surface but I believe represent some cause for concern.

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