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At the same time , the thesis use the basic theory to grope for the theory of interior environment ecological design which only China have.
同时，利用室内环境生态设计理论，研究探索具有中国特色的室内环境现代设计理念。
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.
本文试图探索信息化城市的内部空间结构演变规律，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.
为了中医学的生存和发展，中医药研究人员苦苦思索着中医学的本质，探索着中医学的现代化道路。

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