Don't let the technical terms confuse you, essentially all the author is saying is the program won't work unless you run it.

千万不要让这些技术术语忽悠了你，实质上，作者提及的所有内容不过就是程序而已，如果你不运行它，甚至都无法工作。

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I should say I don't like Dickens at all really, the author; indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less.

我应该说我一点也不喜欢狄更斯这个作者；其实，我越来越不喜欢这门课了。

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In a content analysis of Canadian television, the author Stephen Kline observed that nearly all commercials for character toys featured fantasy play.

在对加拿大电视的节目内容进行分析时，作者斯蒂芬·克莱恩发现几乎所有角色玩具的广告都是以虚构效果呈现的。

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Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the twenty-sixth day of November next to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious being, who is the beneficent author of all the good that was,that is, or that will be .

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All right. So with this said, it's probably time to say something in defense of the author.

好了，这么说来，差不多是时候,为作者的权威辩护了。

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By the way, this isn't at all a question of the author not existing.

并且，这绝对不是有关作者不存在的问题。

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Indeed, the best thing about the book is the intelligence with which the author deconstructs all the private and public myths that seem to be haunting his interlocutors, including the various servants of the Turkish state who take it upon themselves to set him straight about their country's history.

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In this version, Shakespeare was a broker of plays, organising, editing and writing scripts, but not necessarily the prime author of all the plays now attributed to him.

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