差距在短期内不会缩小。

There is no narrowing of the gap in sight.

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所以，我又洗了32 的，看它会不会缩小一点，果然又缩小了。

So, I washed them to see if they'd shrink a bit, and sure enough they did.

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一些物种只有雌性存在，可为什么它们的基因库不会缩小呢？这是动物界的一个很大的谜题。

How all-female species avoid the shrinkage of their gene pool is among the animal kingdom's great mysteries.

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