These innovators didn't break ground because they pondered important questions in isolation, but because they learned about topics far and wide, and fit old knowledge for application in new fields.

这些创新者的开拓不是因为他们孤立地思考重要问题，而是因为他们广征博引、兼收并蓄，把旧知识运用到新领域中。

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Well, we all think accomplishment's important, but it's not as though any old accomplishment is important.

我们都认为成就是很重要的，但不是所有旧的成就都是重要的。

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The Android system tries to maintain an application process for as long as possible, but eventually needs to remove old processes to reclaim memory for new or more important processes.

Android系统试图尽可能长时间地保持应用程序进程，但为了新建或者运行更加重要的进程，总是需要清除过时进程来回收内存。

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But the thirty-four year old actor has taken on an important role in real life as well.

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Well, we all think accomplishment's important, but it's not as though any old accomplishment is important.

我们都认为成就是很重要的，但不是所有旧的成就都是重要的。

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Our personnel are obviously reviewing the considerable amount of information that was gathered initially for any evidence of imminent threats, which is why in the immediate aftermath of the raid there was the alert about the consideration that had taken place -- going after American railway system, that it was an old consideration but felt it was important to get that out.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"We don't want to just repurpose old content, but do something different, so social games are an important area for us, " says Matt Higgins, the Jets' executive vice president of business operations.

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This is because countries tend not to actually pay off their debts: they hope that the economy will grow faster than the debt and so will become less important but they very rarely actually pay off the old debts.

FORBES: Eurobond Contagion: Or What's Really Wrong With the Eurozone