Not only over the seas but also on land did they kindle the lovely torch of freedom. Dedicatory inscription of the Colossus.

他们不仅在海上而在陆地上，点亮了自由的火炬---太阳神巨像上的提辞。

And as is often the case with such furnaces, you have sometimes dedicatory offerings, which are beneath the furnace.

而，就像这类熔炉经常出现的情况一样，有时会在熔炉下方放置献祭品。

Since you are out of sympathy with cats, you may quite properly give this as a reason for not appearing at the dedicatory ceremonies of a cat hospital.

既然你对同情心，你完全可以以此作为不出席医院落成仪式的理由。