The effect of a disease - or a condition like obesity - can be tallied by a measure called quality-adjusted life years lost.

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We have to adjust our understanding of his physical size one more time, and of course necessarily his moral magnitude would be adjusted as well in our interpretation.

当然必要的是，在我们的解说中他在道德上的重要性,也会随之调整。

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In fact, you could be sitting three years from now waiting before commencement and you can get that grade adjusted.

实际上，你可以从现在到知道毕业典礼前,一直坐等三年,你可以更正成绩。

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