Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Of course, the cyclic steps that we've taken to do this apply not just for breaking down reactants and product into the elements in their standards states, but of course we could also look at whole sets of reactions and write cycles as well, right.

当然，我们这里用的循环的,步骤不仅仅在把生成物,和反应物拆成其标准状态下,的元素时有效,我们也可以研究整个一系列,反应并写出相应循环。

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But they're not allowed to just do it their own way; they have to do it according to standards, so the GAAP accounting is standardized.

但这代表随心所欲,必须要根据标准,国际公认会计准则就是一种标准

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Some educators in Massachusetts say adopting the proposal will hurt their students because the state standards are even higher.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

States that approve the new standards have a right to add up to fifteen percent of their own.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Hoeberechts, originally from the Netherlands, says all the hospitals affiliated with his company meet high U.S.standards and many of their board-certified doctors and surgeons trained in America.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"And we know that in India, and in Africa, in Uganda and Tanzania, there are lots of farmers who've met all the social and environmental standards to be able to sell the tea as fair-trade, but the companies are still dragging their heels, they're still not buying it on fair-trade terms."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10