The shipping container analogy is apt, but for me it completely breaksdown on one crucial point: when shippingcontainers go down, their cargo is lost.

拿船运集装箱来比喻是可以的，但有一点会失真：当集装箱沉入大海，货物就消失了。

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Her comments on my work were very apt and to the point.

她对我工作的评论十分贴切中肯。

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About half of the British would be really angry at being called European, so that should provide an apt starting point.

如果你把英国人称之为欧洲人，大约一半的英国人会生气，那么相信你开始了解英国了。

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One might say that a lack of freshness is precisely why "hipster" is so apt: The whole point of a youth movement (and the joke for been-there-done-that adults) is the remarkable way everybody flaunts their quest for individuality by dressing the same way and doing the same things.

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Aside from being seasonally apt, the dish perfectly articulated Benu's point of view: With the torchon, he was referencing his past at the French Laundry (there's a signature foie gras au torchon on that institution's menu), and with the Japanese ankimo and cherry blossom, he was mining the legacy of the city's substantial East and Southeast Asian populations.

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The Twins are an apt comparison up to a point, but with one key difference: They got a new ballpark two years ago, and only began to spend heavily on retaining talent like the oft-injured Mauer in anticipation of the revenue it would bring in.

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