Now there's a third way that octopus can transform themselves to blend in with or mimic their environment, and that's by changing their shape and size, at least their apparent size.

现在有第三种方式可以让章鱼改变自己，以融入或模仿它们所处的环境，那就是改变它们的形状和大小——至少是在表面上改变自己的大小。

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Apparent Size, which controls the appearance of these shadows and highlights.

明显的大小，可控制出现这些阴影和高光。

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Don't get overwhelmed with the apparent size or complexity of what you're tackling.

不要被你要处理的事情表面上的规模和复杂性征服。

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In order to get both Congressional leaders and foreign dollar buyers to accept these moves as the complete solution, the apparent size of the problem had to appear to shrink.

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The base is connected to the phone through a headset connector and, given its apparent size, seems more appropriate for use with a desktop cordless phone than with a mobile phone.

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The head-tracking system, which was developed by the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institute in Germany, works by calculating how far away a head is, based on its apparent size (the direction is obvious, of course).

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