The book is an excellent vignette of some of the major debates in science.

这本书非常清晰且扼要地介绍了科学界的一些主要争议。

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The sun is the major source of energy for our planet.

太阳是我们星球能量的主要来源。

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"In the major time-share developments, the major fractional developments or full ownership, more than half of those purchases are from Americans."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

So now, now that we've got all three of the major laws of thermodynamics, what I want to start in on is a discussion of what happens spontaneously.

现在既然我们已经得到了,热力学的三个主要定理，我想现在开始讨论的是,什么过程会自发进行。

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to be familiar with the major works and thinkers and literature, music, and art of, uh, Western history.

了解西方历史上主要著作、思想家、文学、音乐和艺术。

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Using the Forbes Total Production Number, we list the best 50 hitters in the major leagues.

FORBES: Balls And Bucks

But he said the government could tackle many of the major public health problems straight away.

BBC: The debate will look at issues like smoking and obesity

Across the UK there are too few 50-metre pools and that is the major thing that needs changing.

BBC: The untouchables