Marketing is applied to everything these days, and books are no exception.

现在市场营销用于任何事物，图书也不例外。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He has applied to join the army.

他已报名参军。

《牛津词典》

The new technology was applied to farming.

这项新技术已应用于农业。

《牛津词典》

I applied to about a hundred and fifty jobs.

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Now if you read down, if you sort of skim down, you'll see that kind of language applied to critics.

如果你阅读下去，如果你浏览下去，你会看到批判的语言的运用。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, I applied to a lot of schools and from the ones I got in, I decided to come to Yale.

所以我申请了很多学校，从录取我的学校里选择了耶鲁。

来自西班牙的留学生 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This book explains how the Japanese continuous-improvement philosophy of Kaizen can be applied to personal and business matters.

FORBES: Come On Now, Hit 'Submit'

Notably, the right-most image contains measurements which can be applied to the rest of scale model as well.

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While she applied to competitions for startups, organizers rejected her in favor of technology firms.

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