Those who were striving to grasp the general course of events, and trying by self-sacrifice and heroism to take a hand in it, were the most useless members of society;

那些试图理解天下大事所趋，并想以自我牺牲和英勇作战行为去参与天下大事的人们，是社会中最无用的成员；

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The PC may have been personal; a smartphone or tablet, held in your hand rather than perched on your desk, is almost intimate, and you can take it almost anywhere.

个人电脑可能已经个性化了，而一个能拿在手里而不是摆在桌上的智能手机或者平板电脑，更成了你的亲密伙伴，你几乎可以带它到任何地方。

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Outsiders had to take it on trust that all the Shouting and hand-waving by men in brightly coloured jackets meant they were paying, or being paid, a fair price.

那些局外人只能委托那些身着鲜艳马甲的人，他们的高声叫喊夹杂着手势意味着这些局外人能以合理价格买入或卖出。

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Well, it's on one hand a very large idea to take in, particularly I think if one's working in a university.

这是一个很大的话题，不容易理解，对于在大学中工作学习的人尤为如此。

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The time it takes to check your hand remains a little longer than it would take you to drum in your typical four-digit PIN, but in our brief test, it was able to discriminate between two Engadget editors' hands.

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Even though she had applied for a green card some time back, she says officials won't let her into the United States until she has it "in hand, " a process that could take up to a year.

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With eight wickets still in hand, they should be able to build a colossal lead, and take it from there.

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