I practised operating the controls.

我练习过操作这些控制装置。

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He quickly learned how to manipulate the controls of a plane.

他很快学会了操作飞机的操纵装置。

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He had to struggle to reach forward for the controls while being pushed back hard in his seat.

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But these forces are not something that the man controls as a simple extension of himself.

但是这些并不是,让人自我控制的力量。

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Well, some examples, later on in history there's a quarrel between Athens and Megara as to who controls the island of Salamis.

好,再举几个例子,后来雅典和麦加拉间,就谁统治萨拉弥斯岛的问题起了争端

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There are few chances for normal folk to get behind the controls of heavy construction machinery.

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The slightest touch to the controls can result in huge movements of the aircraft.

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Test pilots Mark Stucky and Mike Alsbury were reported to be at the controls of SS2.

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