象牙

After what had seemed countless years in the black places below, the round ivory moon that ranged high in the darkness above looked like yet another hole, this one leading to a cool, lamplit place beyond the sky, a country of shining rivers and forgetfulness.

之前，在这块土地下面，那些黑暗的地方，Simon仿佛经历了无数的岁月，此刻，象牙般明亮的圆月，在上方的天空中，将光辉洒落在这黑夜里，在Simon的眼中，那月亮仿似另一处洞穴，通往一个冰冷的、明亮的地方，那个地方，是在非常遥远的夜空中，在那个国度，应该有着微光闪闪的河流，而且让人无法忘怀。

Luxurious materials such as ivory, ebony, gold, turquoise and lapis lazuli had been imported from countries around Egypt and used in the manufacture of these funerary items.

豪华的材料，如象牙，乌木，黄金，绿松石和青金石已经从埃及进口的国家和地区使用的丧葬和物品的制造这些。

Expressing a preference for engagé over ivory-tower literature is unlikely to endear Yu to left-leaning readers in China.

对象牙塔式文学的偏爱使得余华很难得到中国左倾读者的喜爱。

In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labour by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages But for the common wages Of their most secret heart.

在平静的夜里施展，当只有月亮在发怒而恋人们躺在床上抱着他们所有的悲苦，我在吟唱的灯光下潜心于我的技艺或沉郁的艺术，不是为了抱负或面包，也不是为了在象牙舞台上卖弄风骚，昂首阔步，是为了他们最隐秘的心这寻常的薪金。

Next was a gigantic marble statue of Zeus, covered with ivory and gold.

第四个奇迹是巨大的宙斯大理石雕像，镶有象牙和黄金。

The veneering of rosewood onto other woods was a cheap kind of marquetry in which the beauty and contrast of the woods overcame the more costly and difficult medium of using ivory, ebony, and tortoiseshell for outside embellishment of the instrument.

镶饰红木其它树林是树林秀丽和对比克服使用象牙、乌木，和tortoiseshell 更加昂贵和更加困难的媒介为仪器的外部点缀的一便宜的镶嵌细工。

Said he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and a grin that displayed his ivory-white teeth .

他带着很重的马赛口音开口说道，露出满口白得如象牙一样的牙齿笑着。

Occasion,invited to a contest by the human musician marsyas,he won and

白天，他驾着用金子和象牙制成的战车，给广阔无垠的大地带来光明、生命和仁爱。

Amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these

骨、象牙、鲸骨、贝壳、琥珀、珍珠母、海泡石制品，这些材料的代

Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics.

家具， 玻璃镜子，镜框；由木、软木、苇、藤与竹、柳条、角、骨、象牙、鲸骨、贝壳、琥珀、珍珠母、海泡石或这些材料的代用品制成或由塑料制成的物品。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。