It's something that things in the empirical world can participate in or partake of to varying degrees.

它是以不同程度参与到,经验世界中的各种事物

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They partake of beauty to varying degrees.

它们美的程度不一样

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Towards the end of the semester do we introduce what languages like PHP and SQL, HTML, CSS, to varying degrees, but with them can you implement the same kinds of ideas that you might have in your mind in the context of a web page.

在接近学期末的时候,我们向程度不同的同学介绍了像PHP和SQL，HTML，CSS这样的语言，使用这些技术,你可以把你想象中的东西。

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