This is what the sculptor must do.

sculptor’s task ^{雕塑家的任务}

• The sculptor’s task is to envision form in three dimensions. ^{雕塑家的任务是想象三维形式。}
• A sculptor’s task requires immense creativity and precision. ^{雕塑家的任务需要巨大的创造力和精确性。}
• The sculptor’s task involves understanding spatial relationships. ^{雕塑家的任务包括理解空间关系。}

He must strive continually to think of, and use, form in its full spatial completeness.

strive ^{v.try very hard to obtain or achieve sth. （为获得或实现某事物） 努力，奋斗}

• We strive to be accurate, but some mistakes are inevitable. ^{我们努力做到准确，但一些错误不可避免。}
• Women were striving for more freedom in that era. ^{那个时代的女性为争取更多自由而努力。}
• women who were striving for more freedom 
• He strives to perfect his craft every day. ^{他每天努力完善自己的技艺。}

think of ^{想象某事物}

• Just think of the expense! ^{想想那笔开销吧！}
• He must think of form in its full spatial completeness. ^{他必须想象形式在完整的空间存在。}
• Can you think of a better solution? ^{你能想到更好的解决方案吗？}

He gets the solid shape, as it were, inside his head -- he thinks of it, whatever its size (is), as if he were holding it completely enclosed in the hollow of his hand.

as it were / so to speak ^好像

• They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action. ^{他们好像能看到和听到我们在行动。}
• It is said that the nerve poison is the more primitive of the two, that the blood poison is, so to speak, a newer product from an improved formula.
• He gets the shape, as it were, inside his head. ^{他好像在脑海中构想了形状。}

whatever ^{无论什么(引导让步状语从句时，常省略 be 动词)}

• Whatever the source of noise (is), one thing is certain. ^{无论噪音来源是什么，有一件事是确定的。}
• Whatever her faults (are), she is your mother. ^{无论她有什么缺点，她是你的母亲。}
• The country is beautiful whatever the season (is). ^{无论什么季节，这个国家都很美。}

as if / as though ^好像

从句中表达与事实相反或可能性很小时，可以用虚拟语气。与现在事实相反用一般过去时（be 动词一般用 were），与过去事实相反用过去完成时，与未来趋势相反用 would / should / could / might + 动词原形

• It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
• It's as if they were in some sense cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures.
• …, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect of elders, as if mere age were a reason for respect.
• Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced  the price to ₤10.
• Speculations about its nature have been going on for literally thousands of years, and one odd finding that makes the problem puzzling is that it looks very much as if sleeping is not simply a matter of giving the body a rest.
• He thinks of it, as if he were holding it in his hand. ^{他想象它，好像正握在手中。}
• Don’t act as if you were the only pebble on the beach. ^{不要表现得好像你是唯一重要的人。}
• It looks as though it might rain. ^{看起来好像要下雨了。}
• Don’t act as if you were the only pebble on the beach. ^{不要自视太高}
• As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
• I felt as if I had stumbled  into a nightmare country, as you sometimes do in dreams. 
• It looks as if it might rain.

hollow ^{n.a place in something that is at a slightly lower level than its surface 凹陷处}

• The dog found a hollow in the ground to hide from the wind. ^{狗在地面上找到一个凹陷处躲避风。}
• She held the small bird in the hollow of her hand. ^{她将小鸟握在手的凹陷处。}
• He envisioned the shape in the hollow of his mind. ^{他在脑海的凹陷处想象形状。}

He mentally visualizes a complex form from all round itself; he knows while he looks at one side what the other side is like; he identifies himself with its centre of gravity, its mass, its weight; he realizes its volume as the space that the shape displaces in the air.

from all round ^{副词和介词短语都可以作介词的宾语}

• Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls.
• I took my watch from under the pillow.
• We didn’t meet until after the show.
• The weather has been fine except in the north.
• there was a slight trembling sound from below
• There is a fine view from here.
• I heard them calling me from below.
• They have just returned from abroad.
• He picked up the gun from behind the counter.
• I live near here.
• When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
• Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.
• Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
• After crossing the equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted, but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead.
• The statue was admired from all round the gallery. ^{这座雕像从画廊的四周被欣赏。}
• She examined the object from all round to understand its structure. ^{她从四周检查物体以理解其结构。}

identify … with … ^{把…与…联系起来;把…和…等同起来}

• One cannot identify happiness with wealth. ^{不能将幸福与财富等同起来。}
• Never identify opinions with facts. ^{永远不要将观点与事实等同。}
• He refused to identify himself with the new political party. ^{他拒绝将自己与新政党联系起来。}
• The politician is too closely identified with the former government to become a minister in ours.

displace ^{v.to take the place of sb. or sth. 代替，取代}

• Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines. ^{工厂工人逐渐被机器取代。}
• The new technology displaced older methods. ^{新技术取代了旧方法。}
• Modern designs have displaced traditional styles in architecture. ^{现代设计取代了建筑中的传统风格。}