He stood out in three ways—as a technologist, as a corporate leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal functional gadgets.

他以三种身份脱颖而出——既是一名技术专家，又是一名企业领导人，同时还是一位能让人们对曾经非个性化的实用小玩意着迷的人。

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He stood out in three ways—as a technologist, as a corporate leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets.

他在三个方面脱颖而出——作为一名技术专家，作为一名企业领导人，作为一个曾经不近人情的“工具人”、如今能够得到人们喜爱的人。

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The building had previously been used as a hotel.

这座楼房早先曾用作旅馆。

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Farrell,who has dual British-Irish citizenship, had been kidnapped once previously while on assignment in Iraq.

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And all of a sudden, I moved from being a professor here, which previously had been my greatest opportunity, to leading this very large non-for-profit organization that had both national and international responsibilities.

所以突然间，我从普林斯顿的教授，这曾经是我最大的机遇，变成了这个公益组织的领导者,负有国内和国际的双重责任。

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Four other men, accused of being part of the same conspiracy, had previously pleaded guilty and have been sentenced to up to 14 years in prison.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

He had previously been known as a figure on the mainstream left of the party.

BBC: Clive Soley

Members of the authority's planning committee had previously been recommended to approve the proposal.

BBC: Javelin Park - site of the proposed incinerator page

She said the infant had previously been subjected to serious assaults on more than one occasion.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Baby 'was starved of oxygen'