He squinted his eyes as though he were studying an object on the horizon.

他眯起眼睛，就好像在端詳地平線上的某一物體。

...an object the shape of a coconut.

形似椰子的物體

In the cosy consulting room the children are surrounded by familiar objects.

在溫馨的診療室裏，孩子們周圍擺滿了親切熟悉的東西。

The object of the exercise is to raise money for the charity. [+ of]

那樣做旨在籌集善款。

He made it his object in life to find the island.

他把找到那座島嶼當成自己的人生目標。

My object was to publish a scholarly work on Peter Mourne.

我的目標是出版一本關於彼得·莫恩的學術著作。

The object of her hatred was 24-year-old model Ros French. [+ of]

令她心頭生恨的是24歲的模特羅斯·弗倫奇。

The object of great interest at the Temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha. [+ of]

這處廟宇最引人注目的是一座爲紀念佛陀而修建的宏偉的大理石塔。

She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.

她知道自己是朋友們同情的對象。

A lot of people will object to the book. [VERB + to]

很多人都會對這本書表示反感。

Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work. [VERB that]

卡倫提出反對，說他的人手較少，無法完成額外工作。

We objected strongly but were outvoted. [VERB]

我們強烈表示反對，但還是被否決了。

'Hey, I don't know what you're talking about,' Russo objected. [VERB with quote]

“喂，我不知道你在說些什麽，”拉索反駁道。

Hugh Johnson's shop in London has a range of superb Swedish crystal glasses that I would have if money were no object.

休·約翰遜倫敦店出售各種美輪美奂的瑞典水晶玻璃杯，不考慮錢的話我都想買。

Although he was based in Wales, distance was no object.

雖然他主要住在威爾士，但是距離不成問題。