普遍有用的事物的本性被强迫如此行事。

The nature of that which is universally useful has been compelled to do this.

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我们往往过度关注装饰性的事物，却忽视了有用的事物。

We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.

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这时隐喻的力量就开始闪现并成为对他们有用的事物，帮助他们挺过混乱的变化或实现下一个目标。

That's when the power of metaphor shines through and becomes something useful to them, helping them survive turbulent change or reach for that next big goal.

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And it's actually critically important to get used to things because it's a useful adaptive mechanism to keep track on new events and objects.

而习惯化实际上也是至关重要的,因为这是一种非常有用的适应机制,可以让你注意到新鲜事物。

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So, "It's like" is good in comparing an object, person, place or thing to something else.

所以，“It's like”句型在比较物体、人物、地点与事物的时候非常有用。

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