She got the job by virtue of her greater experience.

There was no virtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come...

沿着我来的路线返回卡尔维并不可取。

Virtue is not confined to the Christian world...

善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。

The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail...

由于一个细节，这篇文章在我脑海里印象深刻。

To practice thrift is a virtue.

俭朴是美德.

The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.

这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。

Lately we've caught quite a few-shoplifters.

最近我们抓到不少扒手.

All rational shoplifters should get jobs in shops.

所有理性的商店窃贼都应该在商店里找份工作.

There's a lot of shoplifters in here.

这儿有很多偷东西的.

The store has taken measures to guard against shoplifters.

该店已采取措施防止扒手.

When shoplifters are caught, I wonder if they serve time.

不知窃贼被抓到后是否要坐牢?

Shoplifters often end up in the cooler.

(商店里行窃的)偷的下场往往是被关入监狱.

Shrimp may soon be given disease-fighting genes taken from sea urchins.

不久也许可以给虾配上从海胆提取的抗病基因.

Tricia: Those are sea urchins . We'll 3 pass on those.

翠西雅: 是海胆,那个就免了.

A group of idle urchins had taken possession of the door-steps.

门前台阶已为一群没事做的玩童所霸占.

The hard outer shell of sea urchins are commonly called tests.

海胆的坚硬外壳通常被称为甲壳.

Afterward, the seas became far more complex with mobile creatures such as snails, urchins and crabs.

此后, 海洋生物逐渐丰富起来,海洋里生长着大量移游生物,比如腹足类 、 海胆类和蟹类.

Scientists have long used sea urchins to study fertilization and early development in humans.

科学家们一直用海胆来研究受精卵和人类早期形态.

He compares sea urchins to rabbits and other grazers found on land.

把海胆与兔子和其它陆生食草动物作个比较.

Sea urchins can also be used by scientists to detect toxic chemicals.

海胆还可以用于探测有毒化学成分.

He knew upperclassmen could have a big effect on younger students.

他知道高年级学生对低年级的学生影响很大.