There's no apparent movement in the partisan stalemate over the budget and the debt ceiling.

两党之间因预算和债务上限陷入的僵局似乎并没有明显的进展。

Such lessons as summer taught, winter tested, and one had only to watch the apparent movement of the stars in order to guess one's declination.

这样的课程是夏天教的， 冬天测试的， 人们只需要观察星星的明显运动就可以猜测一个人的赤纬。