The building's envelope was conceived as a box within a box.

建筑的围护结构可以看成是“盒中盒”。

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He's got a box within a box. This is 1902.

他在箱子里又放了一个箱子，这是1902年。

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If I keep on constructing these boxes within boxes, so the next box would be a little box in here.

如果我不断缩小这个方格,下一个方格会是这样的

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The reality is that all of us live and work within a personal box that constrains what we think we can do.

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After wandering around for a few minutes within a huge big box retail electronics store, we waited patiently for at least twenty minutes by the notebook computers for a collection of men in red shirts to finish up with other patrons.

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There is a suggestion box within the YMCA and there is always a positive comment from the customers about Kevin.

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