Static methods that merely accept an argument or two, perform a calculation, and return a value based on nothing but those arguments are ideal.

仅接受一两个实参、执行计算，并仅依据那些实参返回值的静态方法是理想的。

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What did surprise us was the willingness of the board to accept an outrageous argument presented by its consultant.

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However, that's the system, and we have to accept it, and then we have an argument about it and try to persuade you otherwise.

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Lord Wakeham, knowing this, has presumably succumbed to the pragmatic argument that Mr Blair would never accept an elected upper house because of the way it would curb his own power.

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