It is this way, so the pump as a general-purpose machinery, machine-building industry which is one of important product categories.

正是这样，所以把泵列为通用机械，它是机械工业中的一类重要产品。

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The magic of the PC is that it is a general-purpose machine to which new functions can be added simply by installing a new piece of software.

个人计算机的魅力在于它是一种多用途的机器，任何新功能可以通过安装一套软件而实现。

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Dr Cosmides and Dr Tooby were among the first to break from the idea that the brain has evolved as a general-purpose problem-solving machine.

后两者则是率先打破学界旧有观念的先行者中的一员。那种观念曾认为认为大脑只是作为一个多功能问题处理器而进化。

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The PC managed to stay vital longer because it was a more general-purpose machine--exciting new applications were invented for it on a regular basis.

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