No very satisfactory account of the mechanism that caused the formation of the ocean basins has yet been given.(对于造成海洋盆地形成的机制,至今还没有给出非常令人满意的解释。)
The Burgess Shale formation also has fossils of many extinct representatives of modern animal groups.(伯吉斯页岩地层中也有许多代表着现代动物群中已经灭绝的物种的化石。)
This spongy tissue serves as a source of calcium for eggshell formation.(这种海绵状组织是形成蛋壳的钙质来源。)
According to the study, two factors were important for lake formation in the Empty Quarter: first the rains that fell there were torrential.(根据这项研究,有两个因素对“空白之地”湖泊的形成很重要:首先,那里的降雨十分猛烈。)
The formation of the isthmus had important consequences for global patterns of ocean water flow.(地峡的形成对全球洋流格局产生了重要的影响。)
Destruction of old material and formation of new material are thus in permanent dynamic equilibrium.(因此,旧材料的破坏和新材料的形成处于永久的动态平衡状态。)
Remember when we talked about star formation, we said that as a star ages, it becomes brighter, right?(还记得吗,我们讨论恒星形成的时候说过,恒星会随着年龄增长变得更亮,对吧?)
Volcanoes today are the result of gases that were trapped in Earth's interior during the planet's early stages of formation.(今天的火山是由地球形成早期被困在地球内部的气体所形成的。)
That's key to understanding planet formation.(这是理解行星形成的关键。)
It remains to be seen how weather conditions affect the air flows that make formation flight more efficient.(天气状况是如何通过影响气流来提高编队飞行的效率的,这点仍有待观察。)