Copper, a highly ductile metal, can easily be made into wires. 銅是很有延展性的金屬，很容易做成電線。 The rebels abducted several U.N. workers at gunpoint, planning to use them as pawns in negotiations. 叛軍用搶挾持了若干聯(lián)合國(guó)人員，打算拿他們做談判籌碼。 An aqueduct leads from Mono Lake to Los Angeles, supplying drinking water for the metropolis. 莫諾湖有條導(dǎo)水管通往洛杉磯，為這大都會(huì)供應(yīng)飲水。 Copper is an efficient conductor of electricity. 銅是電的良性導(dǎo)體。 Housing mortgages are tax-deductible. 房屋貸款可以抵稅。 Sir Francis Bacon’s scientific methods – induction and deduction – laid the foundation for modern science. 培根的科學(xué)方法——?dú)w納與演繹——為現(xiàn)代科學(xué)奠定基礎(chǔ)。 That movie is a romance of love, seduction and loss. 那部電影是文藝片，主題是愛、誘惑與失落。 A viaduct spans the valley, connecting the two tunnels. 一條棧道橫跨山谷，連接兩座隧道。 The Silk Road was a conduit for the flow of merchandise between East and West. 絲綢之路曾是東西方物流的渠道。