Given parental motivation, we are optimistic about the ability of people to change.

有了父母的激励，我们对于人们改变的能力很乐观。

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What's important at this juncture is the ability of the three republics to work together.

在这个关键时刻，最重要的是这三个共和国的合作能力。

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We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption.

我们应从司法制度打击腐败的能力方面获得一些安慰。

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He says identifying human antibodies that will stop the ability of the virus to reinvent itself is the first step.

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What is literacy? Literacy is more than the ability to read and write and some of your competition skills.

何为文化素养？,文化素养远远不止一个人的读写能力,以及一个人的某些竞争技能。

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Electron affinity is actually the ability of an atom, or we could also talk about an ion to gain electrons.

电子亲和能其实就是一个原子，或者我们也可以讨论离子获取电子的能力。

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Specifically, this situation arises from the U.S. belief that Japan restricts the ability of U.S. firms to operate terminals or provide stevadore service at Japanese ports.

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Through the popularity of ADRs, ETFs and other forms of international investment diversification, the ability of U.S. investors to own shares of companies based abroad has expanded considerably in the last decade.

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In all cases, U.S. positions were formulated with a view to ensuring the continued ability of U.S. regulators to protect the health and safety of American citizens and safeguard the environment, at the levels they consider appropriate.

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