In addition to parabolic troughs and power-towers there is also a third solar-thermal technology, which combines curved, dish-shaped mirrors with heat engines.

除了凹面镜，能量塔以外，还有第三种新的太阳能热技术。结合了曲线，盘状镜面和热发动机的装置。

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THE population of bugs in a Petri dish typically increases in an S-shaped curve.

在皮氏细菌培养皿内，细菌数量的增长模式是典型的“S” 曲线。

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They won over Target, but their first bottles of dish soap, shaped like bowling pins, leaked all over the shelves (intrigued shoppers removed the caps for a whiff and left them off).

他们赢得了Target，但是他们第一批保龄球状的瓶装洗洁精漏得货架上到处都是(好奇的顾客打开盖子想闻味道，结果忘了关上盖子)。

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Selective pressures had shaped them to withstand the cruelest climate Europe could dish out during their 200, 000-year tenure as the continent's top hominid.

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