Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.
后来，知名公司竞相在自己的文件中加入这类专利，哪怕只是作为一种防御措施，以应对可能会抢先一步的竞争对手。
If only a similar unselfishness prevailed on Capitol Hill.
要是国会山也盛行这样的无私奉献精神就好了。
If only a colon is given, then the user's default group is used.
如果只有给出冒号，那么就使用用户的默认组。
An XISCAN plan if only a single index is defined on the table and it is of type XML.
一个XISCAN计划，前提是只对表定义了一个单一的索引并且其类型为XML。
JTS is able to determine if only a single resource manager is enlisted in a transaction.
JTS能够确定事务中是不是只征用了一个资源管理器。
But I feel I've found something that has the texture of truth, even if only a tactile approximation.
但是，我感觉到我已经找到一些实质上的东西——尽管这只是感觉上的接近。
Again, even if only a subset of at least two branches ends in the merge, a lack of synchronization occurs.
同样，即使至少两个分支的子集以merge结尾，也会出现缺乏同步问题。
This means that simply by being liked by your colleagues you are making a difference, even if only a modest one.
这就意味着，只要同事喜欢你，你就已经有了重要的影响，即便这只是一种不大的影响。
If only a small substring is needed, then - because the whole character array is retained - some space is wasted.
但是如果只有一小段字符串被使用，那么—由于整个字符数组仍然被保存—就有一些空间被浪费了。
If only a few users are hitting the server, or if the server has lots of memory and cycles to spare, this approach works well.
如果访问服务器的用户少，或者服务器有大量内存和处理器周期可用，这种方法就能很好地工作。
For example, if only a single day should be evaluated (roughly 1,000 rows), accessing the rows using the SALES_DATE index is preferable.
例如，如果只有一天需要计算（约 1,000行），使用 SALES_DATE索引访问行可能更好。
Even if only a minority agreed to discuss their childhoods and allow anonymous use of their medical records, that would be a huge sample.
只要有一小部分患者愿意回顾童年，允许匿名使用他们的医疗记录，就是一份很大的样本。
In dialogue, each speech, even if only a single word, is a paragraph by itself; that is, a new paragraph begins with each change of speaker.
在对话中，每段话——即使是一个单词——就可单独成段；因为每一个新的段落总是以人称的转换开始。
Have rules for canceling the meeting when appropriate - if such-and-such doesn't happen, if only a certain number of people can attend, etc.
规定适当的条件下取消会议——如某某事不发生只有可以参加的人数够等。
If only a few people follow you, but you follow a thousand or more, many people will assume you're a spammer. That's because you probably are.
如果只有很少的人关注你，而你加了几千个朋友，很多人会觉得你是发广告的，因为你很有可能就是。
The performance is often poor because all documents need to be parsed and searched, even if only a subset of them contain relevant information.
即便是只有部分文档包含相关信息，仍需解析和搜索所有文档，因此性能通常很差。
If only a subset of nodes needs to be serialized, it is much better to limit with precise XPath expressions up front than to inspect all the nodes later.
如果只需要对一部分节点进行序列化，那么在检查所有节点之前使用精确的XPath表达式限制条件，这样效果会好很多。
If only a few rows are selected from the dimension table so that only a few keys are pushed down, then rows of the fact table might be reduced proportionally.
如果只有几行从维度行中被选出，这样就只有几个键被下推，然后事实表的行数可能也会相应地减少。
If only a single type of lock can be associated with the given table, then it may make sense to add extra columns to the original table to control the locking.
如果只有单一类型的锁关联到给定表，那么可以添加额外的列到原始表中来控制锁定。
Clearly, project 5 will (for virtually any cost of capital) have a larger NPV than project 6. Therefore, if only a single project can be chosen, project 5 is it.
很清楚项目5(实际上对任何资金成本)会比项目6有更大的NPV.因此如果只有单个项目能被选择那就是项目5。
You can increase MAXLOCKS if only a few applications run concurrently, because there will not be a lot of contention for the lock list space under these conditions.
如果只有几个应用程序并发地运行，则可以增大 MAXLOCKS，因为在这些条件下锁列表空间中不会有太多争用。
If only a single call to CICS is made and there are no other updates to recoverable resources within the transaction, then it is not necessary to use a global transaction.
如果仅进行对CICS的单个调用，并且在事务中没有对可恢复资源的其他更新，就没必要使用全局事务。
Basically you become obsessed with the subject and hope that if only a small fraction of it sticks, that will still be more than you could have learned by any other method.
基本上你沉溺于此，并且认为哪怕学到它的细枝末叶，也比用其他方法学到的多。
Even if only a small fraction, say 10 percent, of these errors are serious, then a relatively small application of 20 thousand lines of code will have roughly 200 serious coding errors.
即使只有一小段代码，产生百分之十的错误也是很严重的，一个相对小的应用软件的2万行代码将会大概产生200个严重的代码错误。
If only a single dose is required, that means vaccines could yield protection within three to four weeks after inoculation, instead of the six to eight weeks it would take if two doses were needed.
如果只要求单次剂量，就意味着在接种之后3- 4周疫苗产生保护，取代两次注射需要6- 8周才能产生保护。
Torments many multiracial kids. Psychologists call this a "forced-choice dilemma" that compels children to claim some kind of identity - even if only a half-identity - in return for social acceptance.
一直折磨着这些多种族混血儿，心理学家将之称为“被迫选择的困境”，这迫使孩子们寻求某种形式上的认同——即使是仅仅有一半被认同，来换取社会对自己的认可。
She always writes me once a month, if only to scold me because I haven't answered her last letter yet.
她总是一个月写一封信给我，即使仅仅是为了责备我还没有回她的上一封信。
Problems occur only if a contradiction develops between a new observation, say, "That ball is blue", and the preexisting statements.
只有当一个新的观察，比如“那个球是蓝色的”，与已有的陈述之间产生矛盾时，才会出现问题。
Where the penalties are not a must, they should be imposed only if the facts of a cast support it.
如果处罚不是必须的，则只有在有事实支持的情况下才应施加处罚。
Where the penalties are not a must, they should be imposed only if the facts of a cast support it.
如果处罚不是必须的，则只有在有事实支持的情况下才应施加处罚。
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