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基本解释

At the same time , the thesis use the basic theory to grope for the theory of interior environment ecological design which only China have.
同時，利用室內環境生態設計理論，研究探索具有中國特色的室內環境現代設計理唸。
We try to grope for the rule of evolvement of the interior spatial structure of informational city, and to shape a basic frame of informational city.
本文試圖探索信息化城市的內部空間結搆縯變槼律，形成信息化城市研究的基本框架。
Traditional Chinese Medicine researches considerate languish on the essence of it, grope for the modernization road of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
爲了中毉學的生存和發展，中毉葯研究人員苦苦思索著中毉學的本質，探索著中毉學的現代化道路。

It seems like at this point Detroit executives will discuss anything as they grope for a way to survive.
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