Two countries, both huge in technology, with somewhat opposingproblems. This became my curious head scratcher, and I wanted to learnmore.

As a geological consultant who figures out if areas are worth mining for gold, he wondered if he could do the same with this scratcher.

作为一名地质顾问，斯里瓦斯塔瓦的本职工作就是探测某个地方是否蕴藏着值得采掘的金矿，他于是暗想是不是也可以拿彩票来试试。

And if your back itches, wear the Back Scratcher's T-shirt.

另外，如果你的背部会痒，就穿上抓背T恤。

For judges of a secular bent, that may prove quite a wig-scratcher.

对于具有世俗倾向的法官来说，这可能会是一个很让人挠头的问题。

Yes, I know he's a head scratcher, Everybody hates him. But he insists, You know.

是的，我知道他很讨厌，谁都烦他，可他要来。

Keep the children away the water's edge.

让孩子离水边远一点.

Finally she found herself at the water's edge.

最后她不知不觉走到了水边.

Suddenly I found myself at the water's edge.

我忽然发现自己站在水边了.

They were sitting by the water's edge.

他们坐在河边.

Keep the child away from the water's edge.

让孩子离开水边远一点.

She was standing at the water's edge.

她站在水边.

The children played at the water's edge of a muddy creek.

孩子们在泥溪的水边玩耍.

Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.

树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。

When the interest in art began to wane, the two fell to talking.

当他们对画画渐渐不再感兴趣时, 就开始说起话来.

After those thirty days the couple's love was believed to wane, like the moon.

这30天过后,据说夫妻俩的爱情就像月亮一样开始由盈专亏了.

The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane ( James Joyce )

潮水即将退去,白昼已在衰减 ( 詹姆斯乔伊丝 )

The government's popularity is on the wane.

政府的声望日益低落.

As time went on, ( so ) their hopes began to wane.

随着时间的消逝, 他们的希望开始变得渺茫.

Why can to let our immature love equally beon the wane in the tonight flowers?

可为什么偏偏要让我们稚嫩的爱在今晚像花朵一样凋零?

...a sky silvered by a waning moon.

被下弦月染成银色的天空

The moon was waning, and each day it rose later.

月亮渐亏，每天出现的时间也越来越晚。