The term "nation-state", Hill and Spicer argue, blurs the internal cultural and linguistic multiplicity of states that could more precisely be called "conquest states".
希尔和斯派塞认为，“民族国家”一词模糊了国家内部文化和语言的多样性，更确切地说，这些国家可以被称为“征服国家”。
It has been frequently assumed, but not proved, that the majority of the migrants in what has come to be called the Great Migration came from rural areas and were motivated by two concurrent factors.
人们常常假设，但没有证据证明，在所谓的“大迁移”中，大多数移民来自农村地区，这是由两个同时发生的因素推动的。
Permanent towers, called derricks, used to be built to handle the long sections of drilling pipe.
被称为井架的永久性的塔，过去是为处理长距离钻探管道而建的。
None of them could be called a "restaurant".
没有一家能被称为“餐馆”。
But, there's a type of rapid expansion, what might be called the hysterical or irrational boom that pretty much always leads to a bust.
然而，确实存在一种剧烈的行业扩张，被称为超速或非理性繁荣，它通常以产业泡沫破裂而终结。
Meanwhile, emerging technologies—the drones, 3D printers and smart-home devices of the world—now seem a bit too old to be called "the next big thing".
与此同时，新兴技术——无人机、3D打印机和智能家居设备——现在看起来太老了，不能称之为“下一件大事”。
She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.
再怎么说，她也称不上漂亮。
Emerging technologies—the drones, 3D printers and smart-home devices of the world—now seem a bit too old to be called "the next big thing".
无人机、3D打印机和智能家居设备这类的新兴技术现在似乎有点太过时了，不能被称之为“下一件大事”。
This "negative," as Talbot called it, could then be used to print multiple positive images on another piece of treated paper.
这种被Talbot称之为“负片”的东西，随后会被用在另一张经过处理的纸片上来洗印多张正面图像。
Signals running through fiber-optic cables deteriorate, and so the signals must be run through a piece of equipment called a regenerator before being transmitted farther.
通过光纤传输的信号会变弱，因此信号必须通过一种称为再生器的设备才能传输到更远的地方。
The hotel called, saying that because of its scheduling there, they won't be able to cater for our banquet.
酒店打电话来说，由于那里的日程安排，他们将无法承办我们的宴会。
I'd rather be crazy than be the kind of person who wouldn't cry when the situation called for it, or who wouldn't let herself feel anything at all.
我宁愿自己是疯子，也不愿成为那种在情况需要时不哭泣，或者根本不让自己有任何感觉的人。
The Earth's crust is thought to be divided into huge, movable segments, called plates, which float on a soft plastic layer of rock.
人们认为地壳分成了巨大的、可移动的部分，称为板块，这些板块漂浮在柔软可塑的岩石层上。
Warmer sea temperatures caused by climate change and periodic El Nio events have caused large areas of coral to be wiped out in so-called "bleaching" events.
气候变化及周期性的厄尔尼诺现象引起的海水变暖，已经造成了大面积的珊瑚礁在所谓的“漂白”事件中消失殆尽。
The clock, called Sleep Smart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits for you to be in your lightest phase of sleep before rousing you.
这个被称为“智能睡眠”的闹钟会测量你的睡眠周期，等你进入最浅的睡眠阶段后再叫醒你。
In some parts of the country, one kind of activity or production or work of art is called obscene, and people can be put in prison for it.
在该国的某些地区，一种活动、生产或艺术品被称为淫秽，人们可能会因此而入狱。
There are two key fossils called Proganochelys quenstedti and Palaeochersis talampayensis dating from early dinosaur times, which appear to be close to the ancestry of all modem turtles and tortoises.
原颚龟化石（Proganochelys quenstedti）和古老陆地龟化石（Palaeochersis talampayensis）这两种重要化石最早可以追溯到恐龙时代，它们与所有现代海龟和乌龟的祖先最为接近。
Eleven point two kilometers per second, at which satellites can be freed from the gravitation of the earth, is called "escape speed".
卫星以11.2千米每秒的速度前进可以脱离地球引力，这被称为“逃逸速度”。
The National Parks in England are called "England's Breathing Spaces" because they are places where people can go to be in the open air, away from the dirt and noise of cities.
英国的国家公园被称为“英国的呼吸空间”，因为在那里人们可以远离城市的尘土和噪音，享受户外的空气。
Called "the Wattway," the roads will be built through joint efforts with the French road-building company Colas and the National Institute of Solar Energy.
这条公路叫做 Wattway，将由法国道路建设公司Colas与国家太阳能研究所联合建造。
He's a literary power, a figure who could be called upon to supply the voice of tradition in itself.
他是一种文学力量，一个可以为传统本身发声的人物。
The hotel called, saying that because of a scheduling error, they won't be able to cater for our banquet.
酒店打来电话，说由于日程安排错误，他们将无法承办我们的宴会。
In the future, there will be a new kind of passport called the "cloud passport" and it will come into your daily life someday.
在未来，将会有一种新的护照叫做“云护照”，它将会在某一天进入你的日常生活。
"Ah, so," said the owner of the cat, "my most beloved pet will be called Wall."
“啊，那么，”猫的主人说，“我最心爱的宠物将叫‘墙’。”
Rivers can differ in size and there is no strict rule on how big a flow of water must be to be called as a river.
河流的流域会有不同，对于有多大的流量才能被称为河流没有严格的规定。
"Of course they're flying!" a little girl in a class replied."They're called butterflies. If they didn't fly, they'd just be butter!"
“它们当然是在飞！”班里的一个小女孩回答说，“它们叫蝴蝶（butterflies）。如果它们不飞（fly），就只能是黄油（butter）！”
Miss Temple told Helen Burns to be seated in a low arm-chair on one side of the fire place, and herself taking another, she called me to her side.
坦普尔小姐叫海伦·伯恩斯坐在壁炉一边的一把矮扶手椅上，她自己则坐在另一把上，把我叫到她身边。
The extinction of the fish has called public attention as people expressed sadness over the death, hoping such animals would be better protected so that future generations could see them.
这种鱼类的灭绝引起了公众的关注，人们对这种鱼类的灭绝表达了悲伤，希望它们能得到更好的保护，以便子孙后代能看到这些鱼类。
The extinction of the fish has called public attention as people expressed sadness over the death, hoping such animals would be better protected so that future generations could see them.
这种鱼类的灭绝引起了公众的关注，人们对这种鱼类的灭绝表达了悲伤，希望它们能得到更好的保护，以便子孙后代能看到这些鱼类。
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