It is not merely a question of applying rules, of making the most combinations possible according to certain fixed laws.

它也不仅仅是应用规则的问题，不是根据某些固定法则做出最可能的组合。

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And an image editor consumes and emits pixels, applying rules to each pixel or groups of pixels to, say, sharpen or stylize an image.

而图像编辑器将消耗并生成像素，对每个像素或每组像素应用规则从而锐化图像或形成某种风格。

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The Semantic Web is an emerging area of technology that is based on a set of standards for representing, querying, and applying rules to data.

语义Web是一种新出现的技术，它以表示数据、查询数据和对数据应用规则的一组标准为基础。

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This means not blindly applying rules to all in an equal, unbending and algorithmic fashion.

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Applying uniform rules to diverse realities across an expansive landscape brews an unctuous concoction.

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They said the two countries, which joined the EU in 2007, had met the conditions necessary for applying Schengen rules efficiently.

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