Like other modern architects, he employed metal, glass and laminated wood – materials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.
和其它现代建筑师一样，他使用金属、玻璃和层压木板——这些材料如今我们习以为常，但在20世纪40年代却象征着未来。
But they were popular because of their airy glass walls, the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings’ details and proportions, the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.
但它们之所以受欢迎，是因为其轻盈的玻璃墙、提供的视野以及建筑细节和比例的优雅，这相当于当时非常流行的抽象艺术。
Quotas get action: they “open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling,” according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.
配额制度推动了行动，”Reding表示，“它们为实现平等开辟了道路并突破了玻璃天花板，”这一结果在法国和其他具有法律约束力规定女性担任高层职位的国家已经显现。
see through the glass ceiling
看穿玻璃天花板
Most people would define optimism as being endlessly happy, with a glass that’s perpetually half full.
大多数人会将乐观定义为总是快乐，杯子里永远装着一半的水。
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。