At the esoteric edge of the timekeeper's craft, they are too wobbly to keep time by themselves.

在这个原子钟的装置里，它们还是太不稳定了，不能靠自身确保时间。

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The idea that loneliness spreads like a contagion was based on the observation that, over time, scores of loneliness seemed to spread to the edge of a network.

孤独可以像传染病一样传播的观点建立在这一观察基础之上：长期的观察发现许多孤独感似乎扩散到了这一网络的边缘。

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When the rich world is teetering on the edge of its worst recession since the 1930s, this is no time to insist on balanced budgets.

当富裕国家正处在自1930年代以来最严重的经济衰退边缘岌岌可危时，没有时间去坚持预算平衡了。

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In time,they said, the moving ocean floor is blocked when it comes up against the edge of a continent.

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He pointed. Its exactly in that direction. This time the reporter saw a small thing on the edge of the moving horizon.

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The little girl next to me at the opening performance was at the edge of her seat the whole time.

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Swansea continued to threaten and Pratley was at the centre of the action and it was his ball that found Welsh midfielder Joe Allen on the edge of the box, but this time Marshall parried to safety.

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Harrell never said a word, and spent much of his time at the edge of the stage.

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