The base-10 system we use today is a direct result of the fact we count on our 10 fingers (the Simpsons, presumably, are working in base eight).

我们今天使用的10进制是直接基于这一事实：我们惯用10根手指数数(这样的话辛普森大概是以八进制数数了)。

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The eight men and three women took refuge at the base after their small boats collided on Oct.10.

10月10日，八名男子和三名女子乘坐的小船相撞，此后他们在该基地避难。

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Moreover, the Kirchners are already criticised for classifying as "dirty war" victims eight guerrillas who died attacking an army base in 1975, entitling their families to rich payouts.

此外，基什内尔夫妇将八名在1975年袭击一个军事基地时死亡的游击队员称为“肮脏战争”的受害者，并给予他们的家庭丰厚的抚恤金，这让他俩饱受批评。

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A potato has twelve chromosomes and about eight hundred forty million base pairs.

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He beat Mr McCain among independents (Mr McCain's supposed power-base) by eight points.

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What thrills the breed of scientifically minded baseball nuts known as sabermetricians is that Williams got on base an astounding forty-eight per cent of the time (he walked a lot), the highest on-base percentage in baseball history.

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Cameroon are the group winners and return to their Accra base for their last eight match.

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