As Roma Agrawal explains in her new delightful book Nuts and Bolts, early 17th-century Virginians would sometimes burn down their homes if they were planning to relocate.
正如罗玛·阿格拉瓦尔在她新出版的有趣书籍《螺栓与螺母》中所解释的那样，17世纪早期的弗吉尼亚人有时会烧毁自己的房屋，如果他们计划搬迁的话。
The idea that one might burn down an entire house just to reclaim the nails underlines how scarce, costly and valuable the simple-seeming technology was.
一个人可能会为了回收钉子而烧毁整栋房子的想法，凸显了这种看似简单的技术是多么稀缺、昂贵和有价值。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。