It's a measure of how much Americans are saving compared to the attractiveness America as a place to invest.

它能够衡量美国储蓄率的高低,以及外国在本国的投资情况。

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Other is gravitational mass, which is the measure of how much you're attracted to the Earth.

另一个是引力质量,它可以用来衡量地球对物体引力的大小

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The whole telling of the story is not objective at all, and when you think of it in an objective sort of way, it's a completely different story.

整个故事的讲述本就不客观，当你用客观的方法去衡量它时,它就是完全不同的故事了。

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