The AU is a cosmic measuring rod, and the basis of how we scale the Universe today.

天文单位是宇宙的标尺，是我们今天测量宇宙的基础。

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Participants then rated either the imagined apology or actual apology on a scale of 1 to 7 on the basis of how "reconciling" and "valuable" it was.

参与者对假想的道歉以及真实的道歉根据“将就”或“珍贵”的程度从1到7进行排序。

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The Pythagorean "diatonic" scale, still the basis of most Western music, is made up from seven notes.

毕氏“全音阶”范围仍然是多数西方音乐的基石，它由七个音符组成。

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Although some members of the Essex Police Federation say officers were taking patients to hospital on a "daily basis", the scale of the problem across the east of England remains unclear.

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Public cloud platforms achieve a lower cost basis by leveraging commodity infrastructure and economies of scale that come through multitenancy, automation, and standardization, he writes in a new post and report.

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There are economies of scale in oversight: While 10 or 20 basis points spent on oversight costs for a very large institutional investor might be prudent, that may be woefully inadequate for a smaller entity that is pursuing a high equity and highly diversified strategy.

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