To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its use.

给一个词下定义要比举例说明它的用法困难得多。

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Who is able to give a definition to his future?

谁能给定义他的未来？

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He simply said it was very difficult for him to give a definition for that word.

他只是说要他给那个词下个定义是很困难的。

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I'm going to give you a glass case and in the glass case is an entity with this as one kilogram, by definition.

我给你一个玻璃箱,箱子里放的东西刚好是 1 千克,这是根据定义的

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For one, if the ECB were to give the euro a gold definition, the cost of servicing euro-denominated debt for Greece and Ireland would decline.

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So in that sense we would share the -- without labeling the members or categorizing them -- simply that there needed to be, and eventually there was, a recognition by a majority of both Republicans and Democrats that the only way out of this -- or the only way to avert this crisis was to reach a compromise, which by definition, would require each side to give.

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