1·Animals do not significantly alter their environments, but our minds both shape information and are shaped by it.
动物不会显著改变环境，但是我们的心意改变信息的同时也在被信息改变。
2·Trees that can handle the wind's effects best will alter their shape to deal with the load of the wind.
树木可以利用风吹的影响，最佳地改变它们自己的形状，以应付风力加给它的负载。
3·This causes it to polymerise and then change shape, which means the ophthalmologist can tweak the lens to alter its power.
这束光使人工晶体上的光敏物质聚合，并改变形状，这意味着眼科学家能够调节这些晶状体来改变它的功效。
4·A slide lever on the bridge of the eyeglasses pushes the fluid forward or backward to alter the shape of that membrane, changing the focal distance depending on what the user is doing.
在眼镜横梁上的滑动控制杆推动流体向前或向后，以改变那层薄膜的形状，从而根据用户当前的动作来调整焦距。
5·The problem with pessimistic expectations, such as those of the clinically depressed, is that they have the power to alter the future; negative expectations shape outcomes in a negative way.
悲观主义者——比如临床诊断的抑郁症病人，他们的问题是，他们有能力改变将来——消极的预期将结果推向消极的方向。
6·Even a 25% increase in the ranks of middle-management women reaching the next level 'would significantly alter the shape of the pipeline,' it said.
报告称，即使只有25%的女性中层管理人员升到更高职位，也能大大改变今后高层管理团队的性别构成情况。
7·A handle point may be moved to alter the shape of the curve.
移动控制点就可以改变曲线的形状。
8·"A concern is that as the drug is released, the change in shape will alter the focus of the patient," says Dr Kohane.
“我们担心随着药物的释放，变化的眼镜形状会改变患者的聚焦，”科恩(Kohane)博士说到。
9·Regardless of how small the force, a body will alter its shape when subjected to a force.
无论力有多小，一旦受到压力，机体都会改变它的形状。
10·Pressing is not ironing. Ironing smooths fabric which has become crumpled, while the pressing operation Can actually alter the shape of garment parts.
熨烫不是熨平。熨平是把弄皱的面料烫平，而熨烫能确切地改变衣片的形状。