Sunlight played on the surface of the lake.

阳光在湖面上闪烁。

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Messenger will explore the surface of Mercury, its crust, its atmosphere and even its magnetic field.

“信使号”将探索水星的表面、地壳、大气，甚至其磁场。

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Her eyes opened wider and she contemplated the sea-green figured velvet, the shining brass, silver, and glass, the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil.

她的眼睛睁得更大了，她凝视着海绿色的有花纹的天鹅绒，闪闪发光的黄铜、银和玻璃，还有像油池表面一样暗亮的木头。

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To explore the surface of the moon, astronauts must be able to survive outside the protection of their spacecraft.

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There are proteins, for example, on the surface of some cells that bind insulin and respond to the presence of insulin.

比如说蛋白,有些细胞表面上的蛋白,捕获胰岛素并且对胰岛素进行应答

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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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She's a woman who just skims the surface of life, preferring a thin facade to introspection.

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Receptors are protein molecules that sit on the surface of cells in the nose.

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It is the bubbles coming to the surface of water in swamps and sloughs.

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