Straits settlements
英属海峡殖民地
🧩 词语组成解析
straits
[[streits]]
n. [谓语用单数]海峡, 困难, 窘迫
n. 解决( settlement的复数形式 ); 结算; <律>金钱或财产的转让（契约）; 移民
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, they're babies.
嗯， 他们都是婴儿。
The dinner was superb. Who cooked it?
菜太棒了！谁做的？你吗？
But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?
但是，如果我们想到，便用一架倍数有限的望远镜需要长期的经验和对自己仪器的熟悉程度，那么我们怎么能去责备观察了天空但没有看到伽利略所看到的东西的那些人呢？