In addition, last year other astronomers reported a steep metallicity gradient in an even farther galaxy, but that galaxy is not a spiral, so its relevance to the Milky Way is less clear.

另外，去年有其他天文学家报告称在一个更远的星系中发现了较大的金属丰度梯度，但那个星系不是螺旋星系，所以它与银河系的关系就没有那么明确了。

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But Egypt extended its ban on rice trade for another year, so it is hard to see a clear pattern of improvement.

但是与此同时，埃及却将其大米禁运延长一年。因此，现在还很难说情况已得到改善。

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But just as the speed and scale of China's rise as an economic power have no clear parallel in history, so its pollution problem has shattered all precedents.

但正如速度和规模，中国的崛起成为一个经济强国，有没有明确的平行历史，因此，其污染问题已粉碎了所有的先例。

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But its clear lack of results so far at least illustrate some of the undercurrents that may have done him in.

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Its position is certainly clear but so might be the damage to relations with Muslims at home and abroad.

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Taiwan claims the ocean from its south shore clear down to Singapore, but so do the more powerful China, the more assertive Vietnam and strong U.S. ally the Philippines.

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