For example, a gap just below aluminum suggested a new element would be found with properties analogous to those of aluminum.

例如，就在铝下面有一个空位，这表明还有一个性质和铝类似的新元素存在。

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The kettle needs a new element.

这个电壶需要一根新电热丝。

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Researchers in Russia created a new element.

俄罗斯的研究人员合成了一种新物质。

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What's new in theory is the element of skepticism that literary criticism by and large which is usually affirming a canon of some sort doesn't reflect.

这新内容就是怀疑主义元素,它是文学评论,所不具备的,文学评论总是坚持某种原则。

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I'll let you just grok it but you can see it's basically doing what I did over there. Setting up two indices for the two sub-list,it's just walking down, finding the smallest element, putting it into a new list. When it gets to the end of one of the lists, it skips to the next part, and only one of these two pieces will get called because only one of them is going to have things leftovers.

你们可以大体的浏览一下,但是它们基本就是我在那里所做的事情,为两个子列表设置了两个指针,指针顺着列表走下去，找到最小的元素,把它放入到一个新的列表中去,当它走到一个列表的尾部时,它会跳到下部分去,两部分中只有一个会被执行,因为只有一个会有元素剩余。

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So Mr Brown introduced a new element - an emphasis on an exit strategy.

BBC: New emphasis on exit from Afghan war

Today, a new element of leadership is making a profound difference in gauging business performance: corporate social responsibility.

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Hamilton was summoned by stewards on Thursday, ahead of this weekend's Malaysian GP, to discuss what the FIA described as "a new element" of evidence.

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