That is to say even though you're good at theory and you understand the purpose of theory you can still be a system builder.

也就是说，即使你擅长理论研究，也明白理论的目的，你仍然可以成为一个新体系的建立者。

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At the moment it is only a theory.

眼下，它还只是个理论而已。

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We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.

我们首先简要地回顾一下该理论历史上的先例。

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And at least in theory I can make those schools compete against each other for my services."

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Now this may suggest a certain condescension both toward theory and toward literary text, which is not at all intended.

选择这篇文章也许意味着,要对理论和文本进行一定的浓缩，这一点不是我想要的。

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so it is as crucial as ever to understand theory At the same time, we have the vantage point of, I suppose, what we can now call history.

因此去理解理论一直以来都是至关重要的,以此同时我想，我们处在，历史的有利位置。

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"I discovered the marvelous structure Andrew built at Theory, " says Theyskens, explaining why he came west.

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One reason Rosen remains at Theory is the elbow room that the parent company gives its busy chief executive.

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Now he is at Theory, a contemporary American label started by Andrew Rosen in 1997, the same year that Theyskens began his eponymous collection.

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