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基本解释

As an example, one of the best shots I have ever taken was of a body of still water at dusk.
举个例子，我认为我拍的最好的一张照片就是黄昏时分一片静静的湖水。
The scientists have analysed the comets in the Oort cloud and deduced that 25 per-cent of them would need a nudge by a body of at least Jupiter size before they changed orbit.
科学家已经分析了奥特云中的彗星，并得出推论称，其中25%的彗星在它们改变运行轨道前，需要至少木星大小的星体提供推动力。
Photo Tip: When your subject is of indeterminate size—a mountain, a body of water, a snowscape—add a sense of scale by including something of known size, such as a person, a car, a tree, or an animal.
拍照小技巧：当拍摄对象的大小不容易看出来的时候——例如拍摄一座山，一片水域，一处雪景——在画面中加入一样可以确知大小的对象，例如一个人，一辆车，一只动物等。

The concrete and glass museum is built next to a body of water, so it almost seems to float.
You might say it is less a body of true propositions than a shrewd sense of know-how or political savvy.
你可以说,这较不像是真实主张的本体,而较像是狡猾的诀窍意识,或说政治悟性。
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And again, Kafka invites us to imagine waking up into a body of a cockroach and we can.
这里,卡夫卡再次带领我们去想象,一觉醒来却变成一只甲虫的场景,而我们是可以想象到的
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At one end there's a body of water and a guy with a bucket.
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