This last point was understood to be an allusion to the long-standing hostility between the two leaders.

这最后一点曾被理解为对这两位领导人之间长久敌意的一种影射。

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That would be the bold claim to make at this point.

在这一点上，这将是一个大胆的主张。

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The promotion proved to be a turning point in his career.

这次提升最后证明是他职业生涯的一个转折点。

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But the researchers point out that their results are limited to Scottish records and cannot be generalized to all women.

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De Man's point is a question is both rhetorical and grammatical, and the one cannot be reduced to the other. Both readings are available.

德曼想指出的是，一个问句既是修辞型问句又是语法型问句，那么一个不能变成另一个，两种理解都有效。

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The point is that we both want to be in a place of revelation, where something that neither of us expected to happen will happen.

而艺术创作的意义是，我们都希望得到,启示，希望看到意想不到,的事情发生。

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Indeed, some at the meeting argued that if aliens were to use an astronomical phenomenon called gravitational lensing (in which the gravitational field of the sun bends and amplifies radio waves and light from Earth), human signals could be amplified to the point where even the light from cities would be visible.

ECONOMIST: An argument over whether to send messages to aliens

But it is even more difficult to figure out how huge income disparities in the region can be whittled to the point where incentives to force women into prostitution would disappear.

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But to expect too much of either the Palestinian troops or the ceasefire would be to miss the point.

ECONOMIST: The Palestinians