In some schools, Christmas carols are being modified to exclude any reference to Christ.
在有些学校，圣诞颂歌正在被修改以去掉任何涉及基督的内容。
All the other elements, like the location or characters, might be modified for each audience.
所有其他元素，比如位置或角色，可能会针对每个观众进行修改。
They took genes from fireflies and bioluminescent marine bacteria and modified them that can be easily added to other organisms to make them glow.
他们从萤火虫和海洋荧光细菌中提取基因，并对它们进行了修改，可以很容易地添加到其他生物体中，使它们发光。
It is also true that it is difficult to think of a single such system that has not, for better or worse, been substantially modified by human culture.
同样，很难想象一个这样的系统：不管是好是坏，都没有经过人类文化的实质性修改。
Although many of his specific conclusions have been rejected or modified over the years, his ideas inspired thousands of studies by investigators all over the world.
尽管他的许多具体结论多年来都遭到了拒绝或进行了改良，但他的想法给世界各地研究者的数千项研究带来了灵感。
This idea was modified in the late twentieth century, when geologists and oceanographers examining oceanic sediment found fossil evidence of warming and cooling of the oceans.
在20世纪后期，地质学家和海洋学家在研究海洋沉积物时发现了能够证明海洋变暖和变冷的化石，并修正了这一观点。
The software we use has been modified for us.
我们使用的软件已按我们的需要作过修改。
Top supermarkets are to ban many genetically modified foods.
顶级的超市将禁止销售许多转基因的食品。
His physician modified the dosage but did not change to a different medication.
他的医生调整了剂量，但没有改换成别的药方。
Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed.
与转基因食品不同，太空蔬菜并没有经过基因突变。
Hypnosis is not a state of sleep: It is rather a modified state of consciousness.
催眠状态不是一种睡眠的状态，而是一种被改变的意识状态。
The technologist will guide the patient to this modified state—an imaginary world that will disassociate itself more and more from the procedure that follows.
技术专家会引导病人进入这种改变的状态——一个想象中的世界，它会越来越脱离接下来的程序。
The use of the modified maize inadvertently imperils monarch butterflies.
使用转基因玉米无意中危及黑脉金斑蝶。
There has been widespread public debate over the introduction of genetically modified food.
公众就转基因食品的引进开展了广泛的讨论。
Other researchers had previously modified the bacterium to produce alcohol from organic waste.
其他研究人员此前已经对这种细菌进行了改造，以从有机废物中产生酒精。
I'll admit I've never quite understood the obsession surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops.
我承认，我一直都不太理解人们对转基因作物的痴迷。
Wind movements are also modified in cities because buildings increase the friction on air flowing around them.
风向在城市里也会改变，因为建筑物增加了它们周围流动的空气的摩擦力。
It is this irreversibly modified world, from the polar caps to the equatorial forests, that is all the nature we have.
从极地盖帽到赤道森林，这是不可逆转的世界，这就是我们拥有的所有自然。
Certain genetically modified strains of maize produce a natural insecticide that protects against maize-eating insects.
某些转基因玉米品种可以生产一种天然杀虫剂，保护玉米免受以玉米为食的昆虫的侵害。
When, in experiments, these caterpillars were fed milkweed leaves dusted with pollen from modified maize plants, they died.
在实验中，这些毛毛虫被喂食沾有转基因玉米花粉的马利筋叶子，然后它们死亡了。
So far, there has been no scientific consensus about what it is that includes the risk of eating genetically modified food.
到目前为止，科学界对于食用转基因食品究竟有哪些风险还没有达成共识。
Taking that view, many European countries are restricting the cultivation and importation of genetically modified agricultural products.
基于这种观点，许多欧洲国家正在限制转基因农产品的种植和进口。
The shape and configuration of various bones must likewise be modified to allow the muscles to perform these functions in upright walking.
各种骨骼的形状和结构也必须加以调整，以使肌肉在直立行走时能够执行这些功能。
They have evolved special "heaters" of modified muscle tissue that warm the eyes and brain, maintaining peak performance of these critical organs.
它们进化出了一种特殊的“加热器”，由经过改造的肌肉组织构成，可以温暖眼睛和大脑，使这些关键器官保持最佳状态。
Since 2006, in France, an unknown gang of thieves have been emptying supermarket safes, using nothing more than a drill and a modified vacuum cleaner.
自2006年起，法国有一个不知名的盗窃团伙专门开超市保险箱，所用的工具只有电钻和改造的真空吸尘器。
The best performer, a modified Humvee built by engineers at Pennsylvania's Carnegie Mellon University, traveled 7 miles (11 kilometers) before breaking down.
表现最好的是一辆由宾夕法尼亚州卡内基梅隆大学工程师建造的改装悍马，在抛锚前行驶了7英里（11公里）。
The best performer, a modified Humvee built by engineers ar Pennsylvania's Carnegie Mellon University, traveled 7 miles (11 kilometers) before breaking down.
表现最好的是一辆由宾夕法尼亚州卡内基梅隆大学工程师建造的改装悍马，在抛锚前行驶了7英里（11公里）。
She says she is aware that plenty of people do not want to eat genetically modified crops, but she is pushing ahead with every available tool until one works.
她表示自己意识到很多人不想吃转基因作物，但她正在推进每种可用的工具，直到其中一种发挥作用。
According to farmers' report, the amount of insecticide needed per acre to control insect pests was only slightly lower for those who tried the modified seed than for those who did not.
根据农民的报告，试验转基因种子的人与没有试验的人相比，每英亩用于控制害虫的杀虫剂用量只是稍微少一点。
Taking that view, many European countries are restricting the planting and importation of genetically modified agricultural products. Much of the debate hinges on perceptions of safety.
基于这种观点，许多欧洲国家正在限制转基因农产品的种植和进口。很多争论都取决于人们对安全的看法。
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