The Internet is often used as a resource and as a tool for distance learning.

互联网通常被用作远程学习的资源和工具。

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He picked up a tool and began helping.

他拿起一个工具，开始帮忙。

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He had a flat tire and needed a tool to get it off.

他车胎瘪了，需要工具把它卸下来。

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A business plan,in the words of the Small Business Administration in Washington, is a tool with three basic purposes.

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It's a ladder used to ascend a tree, it's a kind of tool of ascent that's a kind of a tool for getting fruit.

这是用来爬上树的梯子，是一种上升的工具,也是用来摘果子的。

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I mean the technology is, you know, it's a tool to help make a better movie,

我是说，技术是一种帮助我们拍更好的电影的一种工具，

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What makes an intelligence explosion so worrisome is that intelligence is not a tool or a technology.

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Whatever the mechanism, disclosure is a tool for driving companies towards more sustainable performance.

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Rights activists have long criticized Malaysia's anti-sedition law as a tool to curb democratic dissent.

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