Proteins, which are the building blocks of life, come in long chains of molecules that work properly only once they have folded into their final, three-dimensional shape.

蛋白质是生命的建造材料，它们是长分子链，只有在这些分子被组合成最终的三维形态时才可正常运作。

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Festinger argued that when beliefs come into conflict with reality we think up explanations that shape reality to our beliefs, rather than vice versa.

费斯汀格认为，当我们的信念与现实相冲突时，我们会想出办法改变现实去坚定印证信念，而非反过来。

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You're also trying to shape your lover into your ideal partner - which is where the power struggles come in.

你还会想要把对方塑造成你的理想形象，于是就产生控制权之争。

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Whipping the Pentagon's accounting system into shape would save untold billions for years to come.

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Or you can decide to be all in, and to come at the summit level and help shape the agenda, and help transform this institution, we hope, into the premier institution in Asia for addressing diplomatic security and other issues in this region.

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