Right now the cost of that would be prohibitive, but we can imagine a time in the near future when touch screen UIs and Internet connectivity in everyday devices will be commonplace and inexpensive.

虽然这些装置现在的成本很高，但在不久的将来触摸屏用户界面和网络连接会越来越普及，成本会越来越低。

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The most famous physicist of the 20th century wasn't a Thomas Edison: The fridge would prove to be one of Einstein's few forays into the world of commonplace engineering.

20世纪最著名的物理学家并不是托马斯·爱迪生一人：冰箱被证明是爱因斯坦在普通工程学领域为数不多的项目之一。

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It would be if it wasn't increasingly commonplace.

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The net effect of both, however, would be to advance an agenda that has become increasingly commonplace as the Clinton Administration has striven to accomplish its agenda through executive orders and by expending funds and otherwise adjusting federal programs to make them conform to unratified treaty requirements.

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The global average temperature for last year would have been a record 15 years ago, an indication that what used to be unusual heat is more commonplace.

NPR: World Warm Last Year, But Not Like Record US Heat