Yet the twilight zone is virtually unexplored.

然而，过渡带几乎未被探索过。

Zooplankton live in the twilight zone.

浮游动物生活在微光区。

We now believe they depend on the twilight zone.

现在我们相信它们依赖着过渡带。

Together, we are ready to launch a large-scale exploration of the twilight zone.

我们已经一起为 大规模的过渡带探索做好准备。

The twilight zone is truly a global commons.

过渡带确实是一种全球公共资源。

We know so little about the twilight zone because it's difficult to study.

我们对过渡带知道的太少了， 因为它很难研究。

They've already shown that the hurricane caused currents and upwellings deep into the twilight zone.

他们已经表明，飓风导致了暮光区深处的水流和上升流。

That line, or that area between light and dark, is called sometimes the " twilight zone."

这条线，或明暗之间的区域， 有时被称为“暮光区” 。

But the reefs of the twilight zone have been assumed to be protected from the worst effects.

但是暮光区的珊瑚礁被认为可以免受最坏影响。

A more technical term in science is " terminator." The twilight zone, then, is an area where it's not dark and it's not light.

科学中更专业的术语是“终结者” 。 那么，暮光区是一个既不黑暗也不明亮的区域。

In the twilight zone of the middle depths, fish  can swim up to the shallower depths at night to feed upon plankton or krill, and be safe from  predators that would otherwise see them during the day.

在中层深度的暮光区，鱼可以在夜间游到较浅的地方以浮游生物或磷虾为食，并免受白天捕食者的伤害。