"The habitat preference for this mosquito appears to be these partially-sunlit pools of water for the larvae.

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So, according to the expectations theory augmented with liquidity preference-- This strongly upward-sloping term structure in 2003 would reflect two things.

所以,根据结合了流动性偏好的,预期理论,2003年期限结构中表现出的,强烈上扬趋势反映了两方面的因素

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God's preference for the offering of Abel valorizes the free life of the nomadic pastoralist over urban existence.

上帝对亚伯的优待，肯定了游牧式的生活,甚于定居的生活。

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If you read his Pioneering Portfolio Management on the syllabus, he really has a preference for equities.

如果你阅读他的著作《开拓投资组合的管理》的摘要,他确实对股票有偏好。

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And by nihilism, I mean the view that every preference, however squalid, base or sordid, must be regarded as the legitimate equal of every other.

我所谓的虚无主义,意指所有偏好，无论如何卑鄙，拙劣，或下贱都必需被视为,与所有其它同等合法。

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This could be obvious things like height or age but it also could be things like attitudes toward capital punishment, preference for the Red Sox over the Yankees. Right?

在身高和年龄方面比较突出,在其他方面,像对待死刑的态度，稀饭红袜队？

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So the fact is those lab animals have a hard-wired preference for foods that are high in fat and high in sugar, primarily because of the energy density that those foods bring to one, and then the variety is important because you get a mix of nutrients.

事实上 实验动物对高脂肪高糖的食物,有着强烈的偏爱,而这种爱基于,该类食物能给我们提供高能量,多样性很重要,因为你能摄取多种营养

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So a number of you, even if the price was just a tiny bit different might have a preference for one rather than the other, so without getting in trouble by putting the camera on you, how many of you would have a preference, if the prices were essentially the same how many of you would have a strict preference for Pepsi?

那么你们中的很多人,尽管价格只有一点点不同,也许还是倾向于其中一个产品,不让你们上镜头而招来麻烦,你们谁会有倾向,如果价格差不多,谁会倾向选择百事可乐

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There is now no preference--well it could be-- there are lots of complexities in the tax law but, basically, dividend policy really is irrelevant now.

这就没有偏好差别了,税法中仍有很多复杂条款,但基本说来,是否推行股利政策与此无关

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Machiavelli's preference for these extreme situations expresses his belief that only in moments of great crisis, where the very existence of a state is at risk, does human nature truly reveal itself.

马奇亚维利偏好,这类极端的情势,表述出他相信,仅在重大危机的当头，当一国的存亡面临考验之时，人类的本性才会真正显现出来。

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There is considerable evidence for different forms of innate knowledge and innate desires and we'll look--and we'll talk about it in detail when we look at case studies like language learning, the development of sexual preference, the developing understanding of material objects.

大量不同形式的证据,证明了先天知识和先天欲望的存在,当我们讲到语言学习，性偏好发展,以及物质客体理解的发展，等主题的个案研究时，会来细讲这些证据。

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