This test—like North Korea’s missile test two months ago—was most likely conducted as much for domestic reasons as it was to send a message to the United States.

这一次核试验——就像两个月以前的那次导弹试验一样——虽然目标在于向美国传达信息，但是其国内的目的可能也同样的重要。

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Although your child may not eat three well balanced meals each day, as long as it balances out over a one or two week period, with foods from all of the food groups, then he likely has a healthy diet.

虽然您的孩子可能不会每天三顿营养均衡，但只要在了一个或两个星期内所吃的食物来自不同的食物组，那么他很可能有一个健康的饮食习惯。

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One significant difference between the two syndromes is that children with marasmus are twice as likely to survive malnutrition as those with kwashiorkor.

两种症状的一个重要区别是，得了消瘦症的人比得了夸希奥科病的存活率高出一倍。

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A recent study found that people who smoke are nearly two times as likely as non-smokers to develop Alzheimers disease.

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The soldiers without spleens were two times as likely to die of heart disease as the soldiers who still had their spleens.

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Recent Home Office research found that offenders participating in community-based treatment programmes were half as likely to be re-convicted within two years as offenders who were simply placed on probation.

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Manuel Vicente, a 56-year-old wheeler-dealer who for 12 years ran Sonangol, the state-owned oil giant until his appointment this year as economics minister, was named as the number two and likely heir.

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