Many times the center post of the t, the ideal buying point, lies close to this moving average so it makes a handy reference point.

很多时候，中心的T后，理想的买入点，是接近这一移动平均线，以便作出了一个便利的参考点。

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It would be much better if you had a reference point that didn't care where the pressure was.

我们还需要精确地定义气压,你必须知道气压的大小,当然如果我们能找到一个。

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But, you know, his experiment wasn't so great, and, you know, maybe had a fever when he did the reference point with 96, whatever. It turns out that it's not 96 to 9 be in good health, it's 98.6 -- whatever.

但是他的实验做得并不特别好，也许他测定96度的参考点时,发了烧还是怎么，总之健康人的体温,不是96度，而是。

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In Switzerland, which like the U.K. isn't part of the euro zone, the central bank has used the euro as its external reference point in its efforts to keep the Swiss franc's value stable.

WSJ: Banks Prep for Life After Euro