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These requirements represent a pretty good cross-section of the CS curriculum.
这些要求表现了计算机科学课程的一个很好的横截面。
The results are based on the findings of a two-year study of a cross-section of the British population which examined the effects of ageing on the cardiovascular system.
这些结果来源于一项为期两年的研究。该研究对英国人口进行横断面分析，旨在调查年龄增长对心血管系统产生的影响。
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Instead of using a single fuselage cylinder, they used two partial cylinders placed side by side to create a wider structure whose cross-section resembles two soap bubbles joined together.
该机型不再使用单体圆柱形机身，而改用两个半圆柱形机身并排的设计，这样形成了更宽大的结构，从横截面上看，有如两个连在一起的肥皂泡。

"It's quite a cross-section of American maritime history frozen in time on the Great Lakes.
At each cross-section, people are either willing to use a certain sign in a certain way or they're not.
在每一个横街面上，人们可以自由的,以自己的方式使用符号。
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When structuralism thinks about how yesterday things were different from the way they are today, it has to say: yesterday there was a certain synchronic cross-section of data, and today there's a slightly different synchronic cross-section of data.
结构主义想,昨天的事情和今天的事情如何不同时，它不得不说：,昨天有某个数据的同步剖面，今天有数据的略微不同的同步剖面。
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The list itself also represents a cross-section of races, ages, ethnicities and sexual preferences.
FORBES: Diversity On The Forbes Power Women List

something that has been cut in half so that you can see the inside, or a model or picture of this

If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
A cross-section of an object is what you would see if you could cut straight through the middle of it.