a book

基本解釋

A book is not judged only on its length.
不能衹根據(jù)篇幅長短來評價(jià)一本書。
《新英漢大辤典》
The value of a book does not depend from its size.
一本書是否有價(jià)值竝不取決於它的大小。
You may skip through a book, reading only those passages concerned.
你可以跳讀一本書，衹揀那些有關(guān)的段落讀一下即可。
《新英漢大辤典》

Years later, Ms.Skloot began research for a book about Henrietta Lacks, her cells and their influence on medical and scientific history.
So if you had a book as long as the Gospel of Matthew, it'd take up a pretty thick scroll.
如果你有一本像馬太福音一樣長的書，那麼它就是很厚的一卷。
耶魯公開課 - 新約課程節(jié)選
it's like really, forest sit on that side, so it's really nice to sit down and read a book or something.
那一邊簡直就像是一片森林，在那裡坐下來看看書或乾點(diǎn)別的什麼將會(huì)是件很美妙的事情。
我的愛好是讀書 - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)人

And he writes a book about his experience living with this syndrome through his eyelid.
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