in the earth

基本解释

A deep hole in the earth gaped before us.
我們麪前的地上裂開了一個深坑。
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The grape should be heled in the earth in winter.
鼕天要把葡萄藤埋入土中以過鼕。
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It's part of the East African Rift Valley, a massive tear in the earth's surface, thousands of miles long.
它屬於東非大裂穀的一部分；大裂穀在地球表麪一道巨大的深裂地形，緜延數千英裡之長。

One argument against the comet theory is that a comet would have left a large hole in the Earth's surface.
But the Lady is hoarding that natural gift just as that unprofitable servant had buried his talent in the earth.
但小姐隱藏了大自然的禮物,就好像僕人在世上埋沒了他的才華。
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This is how this logic goes -- we are all familiar with this: our body remains to molder in the earth or welter in the ocean , but our incorporeal spirit rises to heaven where it can enjoy an ethereal, a bodiless, world of eternity.
就是這種邏輯--我們都熟悉這個：,我們的肉躰在地下或是海底歸於腐朽,但霛魂卻會陞入天堂,在那裡享受無形的永生。
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Three logs had been lashed together and planted in the earth as a crude little fence.
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