"Our goal is to make a very inexpensive stove let's say five dollars that makes very,very little smoke, so it's safe for health, diminishes global warming and diminishes deforestation.

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The Dutch economy, the equivalent would be the decline of the Venetian economic power in the Mediterranean-- and trade with the East diminishes.

而荷兰经济的崩溃,有点类似于地中海威尼斯的经济下降,他们和东方的贸易往来也锐减

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

He says the pagan idea, and I quote, "does not approach Israelite monotheism as it diminishes the number of its gods. The Israelite conception of God's unity entails His sovereign transcendence over all." That's the real issue.

考夫曼认为，异教思想，“即使缩小了神的数量，也和以色列的一神论不同,以色列中上帝的概念还包含了他对世间万物,至高无上的统治，“这是一个实际问题。

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One of the powers of a group then is it diminishes responsibility.

群体的一个力量就是,使责任变小。

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How many know about the studies that cheerful example that yoga practice diminishes significantly, more than any other interventions that they tried, the likelihood of second-time offenders when they practice it in jail?

有多少人知道下面这个让人欣慰的案例,瑜伽练习，比任何试过的干预措施都有效，犯人在监狱里练瑜伽,会降低他们的二次犯罪率？

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The exact shape of the curve is subject to discussion, but the point of diminishing marginal utility is that, as you get more and more money, the increment in utility for each extra dollar diminishes.

这条曲线的确切形状还有待讨论,但是边际效用递减规律的重点在于,你得到的钱越多,每额外的一美元的增长效用会相对减小

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