11. | I can't think of a single instance when Mother was unfair. |
| 我想不出一桩母亲不公允的事例。
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12. | at the instance of sb. |
| 在某人的请求之下;在某人的倡议之下。
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13. | I did it at the instance of my colleagues. |
| 我做这件事是应同事们之请。
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14. | At the instance of their teachers, the students have started an English speaking society. |
| 在老师的建议下,学生们已成立了英语口语协会。
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15. | This was the instance that occurred first to my mind. |
| 这就是我首先想到的那个例子。
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16. | and, in another instance , wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet. |
| 还有一次,她穿着长筒袜子和拖鞋,能用脚步识别出藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。
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17. | Could any spectacle, for instance , be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power, continues. |
| 例如:炮兵利用科学毁坏人的身体、而外科医生就在附近用科学抢救被炮兵毁坏的人体,还有什么情景比这更可怕、更怪诞的吗?我们不得不严肃地问问我们自己:随着日益增长的知识的力量,如果我们继续利用知识的这种双重性,将会发生什么样的情况呢?
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18. | If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance , you would consider octopus a great delicacy. |
| 比如,如果你住在地中海地区,你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴,
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19. | A Frenchman, for instance , might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. |
| 譬如,法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。
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20. | In the first instance , we would be looking for plant life, rather than 'little green men'. |
| 首先我们要寻找植物,而不是那种“小绿人”。
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