最初,该理论能够用来说明水星独特运行轨道[译者注]和太阳光的弯曲,这两种情况是牛顿引力理论所无法解释的。
Originally, the theory was able to account for peculiarities in the orbit of Mercury and the bending of light by the Sun, both unexplained in Isaac Newton's theory of gravity.
档案记录交流中心(即前文提及的雪城大学一团体,译者注)的统计是83起,对与司法部发布的统计数字出入,其没有直接的解释,此外,他们还统计到,检方对其余的600件案件中止了追诉。
TRAC's figures cited 83, and there was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy. In addition, prosecutors declined to press ahead on 600 others, according to TRAC records.
Literal-Minded(译者注:一个博客的名字)的作者尼尔-惠特曼解释了为什么很多人觉得“培根油煎蛋”是美味早餐的首选,而“培根油加蛋”却让人觉得反胃到底。
Neal Whitman of Literal-Minded explains why "frying eggs in bacon grease" is, for many people, a way to make a delightful breakfast, but "fried eggs in bacon grease" sounds revolting to most.
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