And so yes, the signal that this field of discursivity is on the table is introduced by the name of the author but it remains just a name.

所以的确，这种公开的散漫性的信号,就通过作者的名字被介绍出来，而且也仅仅只是个名字。

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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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Most frequently, chord changes come on the downbeat so composers signal to us in a fourth way the downbeat by means of chord change.

通常,和弦的变化都在重拍上,所以作曲家们用这第四种途径,通过和弦的变化告诉我们重拍的位置

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Now this is a rain gauge, and it's sitting on a roof of a building, and when the water falls into this gauge, it sends a signal to the logic unit of the computer, which immediately notifies the memory bank of the computer to seek out its instructions for a rainy day.

这是一个雨量测量器，安装在一个楼房的,屋顶上，当水流入到这个测量器，它就给计算机的逻辑部件发送一个信号，计算机立即通知内存条,为下雨天找出相应的指令。

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Another characteristic of the synapse is that the post-synaptic membrane, the membrane of the cell which is going to receive the signal has receptors on it.

突触的另一个特征是,它们都有一个突触后膜,这个膜上含有受体,可以接受信号

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If the temperature drops below a certain level it sends a signal, 'turn on the heat', and that signal stays on until it gets a negative signal to turn off.

如果温度降到一定程度以下时,探测器会发送一个信号,打开加热器,直到加热器再收到关闭的信号,它就会一直开着

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Here's where the intelligence of the immune system comes in, is that these cytotoxic T-cells that are generated only kill cells that have this signal on it.

免疫系统的聪明之处就在此,这些细胞毒T细胞,只能杀死具有特殊标记信号的细胞

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