And, that this measuring of shadows produced a false calculation, because their length depends so much on the height of the sun, and other adventitious circumstances.

而且，这种阴影测量产生了错误计算，因为它们在很大程上取决于太阳高和其他然情况。

Footsteps began stamping up and down the bare stairs, the comers inspecting the goods, some of which were of so quaint and ancient a make as to acquire an adventitious value as art.

脚步声开始在光秃秃梯上上下颠簸，来访者正在检查商品，其中一些商品如此古朴和古老，以至于获得了作为艺然价值。

Someone with a positive manner, perhaps a detective, used the expression 'mad man' as he bent over Wilson's body that afternoon, and the adventitious authority of his voice set the key for the newspaper reports next morning.

那天下午，有一个神态自信人，也许是一名侦探，低头检视威尔逊尸体时用了“疯子” 两个字，而他语气然权威就为第二天早上所有报纸报道定了调子。