They include things like cardboard houses, matchbox cars, bottlebrush trees and little people.

它们包括纸板房子模型、火柴盒汽车、洗瓶刷充当的树模型。

In so doing, they serve as a link between two generations that never otherwise coexist.

在做这种事的时候，他们所充当的就是从未共同存在的两代之间的联系的角色。

Finally, there are women who exercised moral leadership, doing hard things against all self-interest.

除此之外，还有一些女性充当的是道德领袖，她们披荆斩棘，她们惜放弃自身所有利益。

Here, swimming is acting as the subject of the sentence.

在这里，游泳充当句子的主语。

Gerunds are verb forms that act as nouns.

动名词是充当名词的动词形式。

It acts like an adverb in the sentence.

它在句子中充当副词的作用。

You're the one playing her spy when you should be in class.

你本该去上课，却充当她的密探。

When the ball is moving up, the molecules are acting as downward pressure.

当球向上运动时，分子就充当向下的压力。

Targets for the hunters' spears are plentiful.

这里能充当他们猎物的动物。

He says UAS can act as a second pair of eyes for officers.

他表示，无机可以充当警察的第二双眼睛。

But blood can also serve as a refreshing beverage on a hot, dry day.

但在炎热干燥的日子，血液也可充当清爽的饮料。

Remember how gerunds act like nouns?

还记得动名词是如何充当名词的吗？

Student teachers are motivated to help Betty master certain materials.

充当老师的学生受到激励去帮助贝蒂掌握某些材料。

The robot was to prevent burnout, having robots be personal assistants to our employees.

机器的作用是防止员工过度疲劳，充当员工的私助理。

A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in the sentence.

名词短语是一组在句子中充当名词的单词。

Student teachers score higher on tests than pupils who're learning only for their own sake.

相比那些只为自己学习的学生，充当老师的学生在考试中的得分更高。

There are no durable, imperishable assets that might serve as a vehicle for their thrift.

那里没有任何可能充当他们的节俭的载体的持久的、腐烂的资产。

He's going to use her as the vampire in the ritual.

他要她在仪式中充当吸血鬼的角色。

The folks on the ground are in a very much a combat advisory role.

我们派去的员将充当战斗顾问的角色。

A special region in the center of our brain acts as our master biological clock.

大脑中央有一个特殊区域充当着我们的生物钟。