That there are problems with this kind of definition is hardly surprising, given its level of generality.
考虑到其笼统性，难怪这类定义会存在问题。
Place-names have a lasting interest since there is hardly a town or village in all England that has not at some time given its name to a family.
地名有着持久的意义，因为在整个英格兰，几乎没有一个城镇或村庄没有在某个时期把它的名字赋予给一个家庭。
This determines what realm a host is in, given its fully qualified domain name.
如果一个主机具有完全限定域名，则这个部分能够确定该主机所处的域。
But the most interesting aspect of Linux, given its size and complexity, is its portability.
但是对于Linux来说，最为有趣的是在这种大小和复杂性的前提下，依然具有良好的可移植性。
And most striking, given its financial success, is the fact that the games are free to everyone.
最引人注目的是，财务上如此成功，而实际上这些游戏却对每个人都免费。
Greece simply cannot afford to meet its debt obligations under the plan given its depressed economy.
由于经济低迷，希腊根本无力按计划偿付债务。
But given its utility and power, the for loop deserves more attention, so it's the sole focus of this article.
但就其使用和功能来说，for循环更值得关注，所以本文单独讲述该循环。
The Alcotan-100 remains within the high end of the MANPAD market, given its unit price and level of incorporated technology.
由于其单位价格和技术水平，Alcotan- 100仍属于MANPAD高端市场。
Kaptchuk and his colleagues warned that there were limitations with their study, given its small size and limited time span.
考虑到实验规模小及跨时短的问题，普彻克和他的同事提醒人们注意他们的研究存在许多局限性。
It was in nobody's interests, least of all China's given its massive holdings of US Treasuries, to roil the waters in that way.
以这种方式把水搅混，不符合任何人的利益——尤其不符合中国自身的利益，因为中国持有巨额美国债务。
Indeed, given its prevalence in Python, Perl, and Apache projects, expat is clearly one of the most widely-used XML parsers available.
的确，就它在Python、Perl和Apache项目中的流行程度而言，expat明显是使用最广泛的xml解析器之一。
Asia will naturally become more important as a financial centre, given its economic power and its role as the provider of global savings.
亚洲作为金融中心的地位将理所当然地变得更重要，考虑到它的经济实力和它作为全球储蓄提供者的地位。
Pi - taken from the first letter of the Greek word for 'perimeter' - was first given its name in 1706 by mathematician William Jones.
π（pi)取自希腊语“perimeter”的首字母，1706年数学家WilliamJones首次命名。
Then, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel asserted that Congress had given its consent by appropriating funds for the Kosovo campaign.
当时司法部法律顾问办公室坚持认为国会拨款用于科索沃军事行动就是认可同意这次行动。
DTLL is still quite new, but given its merits and the backing of ISO, you soon might put it to use for data types that closely fit your processing needs.
DTLL仍然很年轻，但是因为其优点再加上ISO的支持，您很快就会将其用于与处理需求关系密切的数据类型。
The temple was given its current name in 1099 by the exiled poet Su Dongpo (1037-1101), who commemorated the banyan trees in the courtyard with a poem.
1099年，贬谪岭南的大诗人苏东坡(1037-1101年)在此留下一首诗，抒咏榕树。 从此以后，寺庙改名为"六榕寺"。
It does have some notable weaknesses, including primitive data typing and lack of support for character encodings (an astonishing flaw given its use of XML).
它确实有些明显的不足，包括原始的数据类型化和缺乏字符编码支持(这对XML使用来说是个令人吃惊的缺陷)。
Now, as the shuttle programme draws to its close (the final launch will take place next year), Hubble is to be given its last makeover by the crew of Atlantis.
现在，当航天飞机的规划即将终结前(明年将是美国最后一次发射航天飞机，之后所有航天飞机都将退役)，亚特兰蒂斯号上的宇航员将对哈勃进行最后一次全面整修。
The IDispatch interface also provides another method for invoking a COM interface's method given its dispid and an array of variants containing the call parameters.
IDispatch接口还提供了另外一个方法，可以通过dispid和包含调用参数的variant数组调用COM接口的方法。
For example, Listing 3 creates a function in the ZipMap class that looks up the name of a city given its ZIP code (error and exception-handling code are ommitted for brevity).
例如，清单3在ZipMap类中创建了一个函数，通过给定的ZIP代码查找城市名称（为了简便起见，省略了错误和异常处理）。
The usermode-helper API is an important aspect to the kernel, given its wide and varying use (from kernel module loading, device hot-plugging, and event distribution for udev).
usermode - helperAPI是内核中重要的部分，这是由于其广泛多样的用途(从内核模块加载、设备热插拔到udev事件发布)。
The exceptions were Greece, birthplace of the Olympics, which was given its traditional place at the start, and the 639-member Chinese team, which lined up last with Yao as its flag-bearer.
希腊是奥运会的发祥地，本届依然一如传统，第一个出场。而拥有639名成员的中国队最后一个出场。
Given its modest system requirements, Watchit runs on almost any workstation.
鉴于其有限的系统要求，Watchit几乎可以在任何工作站运行。
Given its closer functional ties, the learning curve for Ruby is highest of the three.
由于Ruby更接近函数式语言，它的学习曲线是三者之中最高的。
Given its closer functional ties, the learning curve for Ruby is highest of the three.
由于Ruby更接近函数式语言，它的学习曲线是三者之中最高的。
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