已展开调查以确定事故原因。

An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident.

《牛津词典》

她把它晃了晃，以确定里面没有东西。

She shook it to make sure there was nothing inside.

《牛津词典》

在 Drindian 帝国，人口普查每年进行一次，以确定每个村庄的人口。

In the Drindian Empire, censuses were conducted annually to determine the population of each village.

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Then they test you to make sure that you have adequate protection, and some people need an additional shot after that.

然后医生会检测以确定你已获得了保护,有些人在测试完后需要再打一针

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the zeroth law, which is the common-sense law, which says that if you take a hot object next to a cold object, heat will flow from the hot to the cold in a way that is well defined, and it allows you to define temperature.

上节课我们讨论了，热力学第零定律,这一定律源自常识：如果把一个热的物体,与一个冷的物体挨在一起，热量就会以确定的方式。

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