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的计算，因它们的长大程上取决于太阳的高和其他偶然情况。

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.

脚步声开始光秃秃的梯上上下颠簸，来访者正检查商品，其中一些商品如此古朴和古老，以至于获得了作的偶然价值。

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，有一个神态自信的人，也许是一名侦探，低头检视威尔逊的尸体时用了“疯子” 两个字，而他的语气偶然的权威就第二天早上所有报纸的报道定了调子。