Poor Tom ate with his fingers mainly; but no one smiled at it, or even seemed to observe it.

可怜的汤姆主要是用手指吃饭的；但没有人嘲笑，甚至假装没有注意到。

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For a century, scientists dutifully attempted to observe it in its natural habitat, but failed.

一个世纪以来，科学家始终坚持尝试寻找它们的天然栖息地，但是都失败了。

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Our observed universe is not too hot, not too cold, but just right—or else we wouldn't be here to observe it.

所谓Goldilocks方案也叫"人择原理", 就是说我们的宇宙之所以不是太冷,也不是太热,而是刚刚好让我们得以存在, 原因就在于, 如果不是这样, 就不可能有我们在这里唧唧歪歪了.

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In that event,astronomers were able to observe the icy comet long before it struck the solar system's biggest planet.

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Another Canaanite group, the Gibeonites, trick the Israelites into making a covenant with them, and it is a covenant the Israelites then feel bound to observe.

另一个迦南群体是基便人，他们诱骗以色列人与他们签订契约，以色列人后来觉得理应遵守这一契约。

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This is a sign of my economic status: I don't have to work. It is middle and lower-class women who do not get to observe purdah in this way.

但这恰好是我经济地位的标志：,我不需要工作，只有中下阶层的女人,才像这样不遵守深闺的习俗。

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The asteroid's position was very close to the sun, so astronomers had to observe it when the sky was dark.

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After he explained the software development process to these experts, they said that with such a complex process, your only hope is to observe it.

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Reconnection is a fundamental aspect of the behaviour of plasma, so the ability to observe it in detail will benefit a number of fields of research.

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