It allows you to define the concept of a thermometer. You have three objects, one of them could be a thermometer.

从热的物体流向冷的物体,由此我们可以定义温度，我们还可以用它来定义温度计：

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Satan's shield is as big as the moon -this is the most common form of simile, epic or otherwise, and it can be schematized.

他的屏障如同月亮一般庞大,-这是最常见的比喻形式，并且还可以再用图表概要化。

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The olive itself, you use it to cook with as oil; some people just put oil on their salad.

你可以用它来烹饪,有些人还往沙拉中加入橄榄油

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And we think the brain activation, we can use that to predict financial choice, but beyond that, we can actually use it in some symptom profiles in mental disorders.

我们认为，我们可以通过大脑活动，来预测金融决策，但不仅如此，我们还可以用它来监测精神疾病的病情。

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The mind is based in, or just is something nonphysical, something nonmaterial, we can call it a mind we can call it a soul we can call it a psyche we typically try to call it a soul.

心灵建立在...或仅仅是非物理的东西,非物质的某种东西,我们可以把它称作心灵,也可以叫灵魂,还可以说是精神,但我们一般用灵魂来命名它

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You've got to spend the time to make sure that everything is well defined before you start trying to work out these problem More about the path. There are a couple ways you could go through that pass If I look at this smooth path here.

你要花时间确认,在你开始尝试解题前,切已经被很好地定义,关于路径还有些问题,你可以用两种不同的方式经过这条路径,看这条平滑的路径。

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