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Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point.
像信号强度这样的强度通常会随着距离源的距离而减弱，尽管它也取决于当地的条件和从源到点的路径。
The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.
描述美的线条是椭圆的。它具有简单性和不断的变化。它不能用指南针来描述，它在每一点上都改变方向。
What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.
我的意思是，在我看来，生活的意义不在于写书，不在于翻山越海，而在于获得幸福，最好是一种无私的幸福。
The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population.
我们人口统计的重点是，我们没有那么多的孩子，人口即使没有下降，也处于停滞状态。没有移民，我们就不会有人口。
If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are such that as the universe evolved in time, complex systems arose out of the natural dynamics of the universe.
如果你从达尔文的角度来看宇宙的动力学是这样的，随着宇宙的时间进化，复杂的系统从宇宙的自然动力学中产生。
And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go down to our command center and get things going.
就在那时，我想我们都意识到这是一件非常悲惨的事情，可能是一次恐怖袭击，下一步就是去我们的指挥中心，把事情做好。
There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life.
当你站在舞台上的时候，你不是在记台词，而是在实践台词，你到达了一个纯粹的时刻，这一刻比你在生活中所能达到的更强烈。
Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language.
语言哲学家们继续争论说，也许音乐不是一种语言，那是在哲学辩论中。另一个观点是，音乐是一种非常深奥的语言。
From the practical point of view, the susceptibility to infection of the guinea pig proved to be the most useful step forward. Today, all laboratories use this animal for preserving the virus.
从实际的角度来看，豚鼠对感染的易感性被证明是向前迈出的最有用的一步。今天，所有的实验室都用这种动物来保存病毒。
Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels.
现在已经到了可以合理地从印第安人的战争队伍中发现危险的时候了，密探们被预先安排好，哨兵们的任务也被严格地监视着。
Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture.
设计是我的爱好。如果我不做我所做的事情来谋生——在某种程度上，当我不做这些事情来谋生时——我可能只会做设计工作。我喜欢找到真正特别的家具。
Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle.
一旦你到了可以付房租的时候，你可以去看兽医，也可以去杂货店，在那之后一切都是一样的。我对颓废的生活方式没有兴趣。
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I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity.
我不认为事情正在走向一个点;我认为他们正在朝着更加多样化的方向发展。
All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.
所有的运动都是循环的。它循环到可能性的极限，然后回到起点。
I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
我一直在那里，因为我是一个熟练的专业演员。我是否有才能无关紧要。
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
从世俗的观点来看，没有比永远正确更大的错误了。
A thorn comes into the world point foremost.
一根刺插进世界的尖端最重要。
Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.
这里要说明的一点是——没有同义词。没有两个词的意思完全相同。