Its direct relationship with the thing that's most closely adjacent to it somehow either through similarity or dissimilarity can never be a relationship of identity.

符号和实物之间的关系,即使是最接近的事物,是通过相似处和不同处建立的,但是这不是一种永恒的关系。

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Well, they're similar to banks and they have a relationship with the investment community and they try to stay on top of everything that's happening.

他们与银行相似,而且他们与投资圈有着关系密切,他们努力对任何事件保持掌控

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Student: Yeah. So the question is are any of these factors, particularly the big three, proximity, familiarity, and similarity-- ? Do they affect the maintenance of relationships?

学生：,你的问题是,有没有一个因素，尤其在这三大因素当中，即空间接近，，熟悉度和相似性-,会影响关系的维持？

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