He was flying in formation with seven other jets.

他和另外7架喷气式飞机编队飞行。

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My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.

我的职业对我的性格和性情的形成有重要的影响。

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That's key to understanding planet formation.

这是理解行星形成的关键。

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The extension service says the best formation happens when the soil is between fifteen and twenty-one degrees Celsius.

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But this is a compound, right, it has some non-zero heat of formation from the elements. So is water, right?

但这是种化合物，对吧？,它具有非零的生成热,水也是一样，对吧？

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Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.

嗯，你知道，这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期，听起来相当久远了。

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Those governments are laboring to establish company-formation-friendly tax policies, regulatory regimes and immigration policies, while our government is asleep at the switch.

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It backfired completely and by the time the change had been made to a 4-2-3-1 formation from a 4-1-4-1 it was too late.

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These folks, for instance, divine that something called a "head-and-shoulders top" formation--a market high above two high points on either side--means that stocks are poised for a downward move.

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