All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death.
所有来到斯芬克斯面前的人都被问了一个谜语，解答不了就意味着死亡。
Generally, a lantern riddle consists of three parts, namely the riddle, the hint and the answer.
灯谜通常由三部分组成，即谜面、谜目和谜底。
Nature is indeed like a riddle, some areas of which are beyond the reach of science and technology, at least in the foreseeable future.
大自然确实像一个谜，其中一些领域是科学技术无法触及的，至少在可预见的未来是这样。
The answer to this riddle lies in the metabolic activity of early photosynthetic life-forms that slowly but surely transformed the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere.
这个谜题的答案在于早期光合生命形式的新陈代谢活动，这种活动缓慢但一定改变了地球大气的化学成分。
"There is a lot that goes into making food", Wagner Riddle says.
瓦格纳·里德尔说：“制作食物需要做很多事情。”
"Number one is to not waste food," Wagner Riddle, a scientist from Canada, said.
“首先是不要浪费食物。”加拿大科学家瓦格纳·里德尔说。
My discovery of Mary Jackson was, as a matter of fact, a gift from a friend; years ago I was given a copy of Tell Me A Riddle.
事实上，我发现玛丽·杰克逊是因为一位朋友送给我的礼物；几年前，有人给了我一本《告诉我一个谜语》。
But the riddle of what underlies handedness remains.
但是，偏手性始终是个谜。
So with luck the sunspot riddle should be solved in 2010.
所以说，如果我们走运的话，太阳黑子之谜将在2010年被解开。
Data from Spitzer finally seems to have solved the riddle.
从斯皮策得来的数据貌似解决了这个谜题。
I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle.
我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。
Baroness: you know, you're much less of a riddle when I see you here, George.
男爵夫人：乔治，你知道吗，在这儿看你，你就已经不再是个难解的迷了。
One day, in heaven garden, she met a charming man named night, just like a riddle.
有一天，在上帝的花园里，她碰到了暗夜，一个谜一样的男子。
By pure thought, by concentration of mind, the riddle, he believed, would be revealed to the initiate.
他相信，通过纯思考，借助于头脑的专注，这个谜底终将被揭开。
It is their job to make sure Paris doesn't collapse into the quarries that riddle its foundations.
他们的工作就是确保巴黎不会压塌它那千疮百孔的地基而沉入地下矿场。
There is a riddle, which spreads in people: in world, what is the longest but is also the shortest thing?
有这么一个流传于世的谜语：世界上什么东西最长又最短？
These addresses of friends; this card of identification; this riddle about the inversion of the universe.
这些通讯簿上的朋友；这张身份证；这一宇宙万物颠倒之谜。
If you can unravel this riddle, then you can have a beautiful marriage, say "I want to pass the test!"
如果你能解开这个结，那么你就能拥有美好的婚姻，说“我想通过这场考验！”
The ring may answer the riddle of another moon, Iapetus, which has a bright side and a very dark side.
这道光环也可以解开另一个卫星“土卫八” （Iapetus）的迷团。 “土卫八”一侧发光，另一侧很暗。
The important point about the chameleon on the mirror riddle is that the lizard and glass become one system.
镜子上变色龙之谜的重要之处在于，蜥蜴与镜子形成了一个整体。
That puts puns in contrast to, say, a riddle about how many psychiatrists it takes to screw in a light bulb.
这就把双关比作一个问“装上一个灯泡需要多少精神病医生”的谜语。
One might argue, as Churchill did of Russia, that it is "a riddle wrapped up in mystery, inside an enigma".
也许有些人认为不就是，丘吉尔曾经评价俄罗斯那句话吗—一个神秘的谜中谜。
But he reminds us that "there is no exhaustive list or 'key' to solve the riddle of our individual dreams."
但他提醒我们说：“个体的梦和释梦的‘钥匙’无法穷尽。”
These periodical five francs were a double riddle to Courfeyrac who lent and to Thenardier who received them.
这五个到时必付的法郎，对出钱的古费拉克和收钱的德纳第两方面都成了哑谜。
Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have found a likely solution to a centuries-old riddle of the night sky.
通过NASA的斯皮策太空望远镜，天文学家们很可能为夜空中的一个古老的谜题找到了答案。
That would use the power of electronic media to solve its own riddle, by ending the myth that news content is provided free.
只有打破网上新闻内容都能免费获取的神话，这样就能用电子媒体的力量来解决自身的难题。
That would use the power of electronic media to solve its own riddle, by ending the myth that news content is provided free.
只有打破网上新闻内容都能免费获取的神话，这样就能用电子媒体的力量来解决自身的难题。
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