It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.

同时还发现，尽管她能用手指识别东西，但她的手一旦弄湿，这种功能便会立即消失。

it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact

那些从事科研的人员自然受到了限制。他们不能进行有效的接触

People woken during these periods of eye-movements generally reported that they had been dreaming.

在眼球活动期间被叫醒的人都说自己在做梦；

And anyone who gave more than a passing thought to the bottom confines of the oceans probably assumed that the sea bed was flat.

凡是稍稍想过大海海底的人大概都会认为海底是平坦的。

Such administrative overheads in a business are analogous to the cost of government in a nation.

一家企业的这种行政管理开支类似于一个国家的政府管理所用的开支。

wind, earth movements or tremors, and the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.

风、地球的运动或震颤和月亮、太阳的引力。