Even shepherds and old country-folk, who are the deepest read in these arcana, have not a guess as to the means or purpose of this nightly resurrection.

即便是最精通这些奥秘的牧羊人和乡民们，也猜不透这种夜间复苏的方式或目的。

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Such phenomena as a brilliant diamond or a nesting bird are relegated to the role of data, serving as the means for formulating or testing a new theory.

诸如璀璨的钻石或筑巢的鸟等现象都被归于数据的作用，成为形成或检验新理论的手段。

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Only flush the toilet when necessary: this means to not use the toilet as a garbage to avoid wasting water.

只在必要时冲厕所：这意味着不要把厕所当作垃圾桶使用以避免浪费水。

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The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."

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And, it follows from him that political liberty means the freedom to act where the law is silent, as he says.

而他的政治自由意味着,我们可以在法律所认可的范畴内,享有充分的行动自由。

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What that means is we want to run the hot reservoir as hot as possible and the cold reservoir as cold as possible.

也就是说我们希望高温热源温度尽可能高,同时低温热源温度尽可能低,从原理上说。

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While it is within the power of the Republican leadership to to avoid the sequester through compromise and still end up with a plan that will begin to beat down the deficit without destroying the economic recovery, maybe the nation will, in the long run, benefit more from allowing the sequester to happen as the means to return sanity to our political process.

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The relationship of employer and employee exists when the person for whom services are performed has the right to control and direct the individual who performs the services, not only as to the result to be accomplished by the work but also as to the details and means by which that result is accomplished.

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But from now onwards the partners' preoccupation will be to seduce as broad a swathe of the electorate as they can, which means reaching out to the middle as well as cultivating their bases.

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