You take a throttle valve, which consists of some sort of porous plug between two cylinders that is insulated. There is insulation here.

有一个节流阀，它由一些多孔的塞子组成,这些多孔塞在两个绝热的汽缸之中,这里是绝热的，底下也是绝热的。

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Take somebody who perhaps suffers from some sort of compulsion to wash his hands.

就拿某些有洗手强迫症的人做例子。

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To some interesting sense, there's some sort of damage resistance built in to the brain that allows different parts of the brain to take over if some parts are damaged.

从某种程度上来说,这就像是在大脑中建立起了某种损伤防护,如果某些脑组织受到了损伤,那么这种防护可以保证其他脑组织,担负起损伤组织的功能

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So the instinct of many cabinet officers and other senior officials is "Boy, when we take this to the president, let's see if we can reach some sort of 4 compromise, you know, you say 2, I say 4, let's just go tell the president 3 that we've agreed on 3."

所以许多内阁官员,还有其他高层的领导人的本能都是，我们把这个给总统处理之前，先看看我们能不能各自让步,比如你说2，我说，我们就告诉总统,我们都同意“

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