At issue is the TMT's planned location on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano worshiped by some Hawaiians as the piko, that connects the Hawaiian Islands to the heavens.
争议的焦点是TMT计划建在毛纳基山，这座休眠火山被一些夏威夷人视为连接夏威夷群岛与天空的‘piko’（中心点）。
But Mauna Kea is also home to some of the world's most powerful telescopes.
但毛纳基山也是世界上一些最强大望远镜的所在地。
Opposition to telescopes on Mauna Kea is nothing new.
反对在毛纳基山建造望远镜并非新鲜事。
Calls to disassemble all telescopes on Mauna Kea or to ban future development there ignore the reality that astronomy and Hawaiian culture both seek to answer big questions about who we are, where we come from and where we are going.
要求拆除冒纳凯阿山上所有望远镜或禁止在那里进行未来开发的呼声，忽视了一个现实：天文学与夏威夷文化都在试图回答关于我们是谁、从哪里来以及将去往何处这些重大问题。
The astronomy community is making compromises to change its use of Mauna Kea.
天文学界正在做出妥协，以改变其对冒纳凯阿的使用方式。
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。