1 | A horse with patchy markings of white and another color. | |
2 | I must admit that my knowledge of science is patchy. | |
3 | 有时要被迫在极短的时间内对一鳞半爪的情报做出反应。
One is forced to react to scraps of information in very limited spans of time. | |
4 | 关键是,建筑对认知的影响确实存在,即使我们现在了解的只是一鳞半爪。
The point is that architecture has real cognitive consequences, even if we're just beginning to learn what they are. | |
5 | 我能回忆起那段时间一鳞半爪的感觉,但形不成什么想法,付诸不了行动。
I can recall some sensations felt in that interval; but few thoughts framed, and no actions performed. | |
6 | 然而,他的充满生命活力的湛蓝的眼睛或许暴露出智慧和幽默的一鳞半爪,让他讨人喜欢,尤其是妇女。
However, his lively blue eyes might have betrayed something of his great wit and sense of fun, which made him very popular, especially with women. | |
7 | 但是,在思考上述问题之余,人们不禁要问,如此重要的法律,为什么在中国浩如烟海的史籍里却很难找到一鳞半爪?
Apart from thinking about these issues, people want to know why these important laws are hard to be found in vast historical records in China. |