Small boats moved more quickly across the foreground than larger ones did that were closer to the horizon.

小船在近景中移动的速度比靠近地平线的大船要快。

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Progress would be swifter if collaboration were closer.

如果能够更为紧密地合作的话，进展是可以更快些的。

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We knew they were closer than they had been for the whole four hours.

整整四个小时，他们都在不断地逼近我们。

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But the results were closer than predicted, with only a five percent difference between the two men.

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I wish it were closer so I can spend more time there.

要是它再近一点儿就好了，这样我们就能在那里多花一些时间。

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So think about what that means, we're, of course, not talking about this in classical terms, so what it means if we have an electron in the 2 p orbital, it's more likely, the probability is that will be closer to the nucleus than it would be if it were in the 2 s orbital.

想想这意味着什么，我们不是从经典的角度考虑，这意味着如果我们有个电子在2p轨道上，它更有可能比在2s轨道上,更加靠近原子核。

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Unfortunately, they were closer to Size 14 and I am closer to a Size 4.

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It turned out we were closer to something interesting than all of us thought.

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Transports at 4, 911 were closer to its year-to-date low of 4, 847.73 set on June 4.

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