The heater is on, it's producing heat until a negative signal is registered, 'oh we've gone too high', and then it turns off.

加热器会开着,一直产生热量直到它得到一个关闭的信号,噢我们弄得太热了,然后就关闭了

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GDMG the GDMG wanted to do was to send the signal that these people were high potentials, were recognized as such and the Merrill Lynch was willing to invest them in order to increase the retention.

的，And，what，the，head，of,负责人想要,发出信号说明,这些人有很大潜力，他们已经得到认可,美林愿意为他们投资,以增加留职人数。

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