"We will be down as soon as we can," said Jane; "but I dare say Kitty is forwarder than either of us, for she went up stairs half an hour ago."

吉英说：“我们马上就下去，也许吉蒂比我们两个都快，因为她上楼有半个钟头了。”

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It would help fight global warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.

这将有助于通过减少燃料消耗来对抗全球变暖，因为搭便车的人将使用现有的燃料。

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The arrest came as the Argentine government struck down the decree prohibiting such extradition, saying all Argentines should be equal before the law.

阿根廷政府颁布法令禁止这类引渡，逮捕也随之而来，并称所有阿根廷人在法律面前都是平等的。

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Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down to earth.

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As long as it's reversible, you know what the efficiency has to be, and in principle, you could break it down into a bunch of steps that you could formulate as isothermal and adiabatic.

只要这个循环过程是可逆的，你们知道效率是多少，从理论上说，可以将总过程,分解成一系列绝热,和等温的小过程。

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It's a bad habit to get into, because when you come back to it, it may haunt you later on down the road. So really get into that notion of trying to be defensive as you program.

来运行程序的时候,错误就会出现缠住你了,因此现在我们真的要培养,在程序中有防卫性设计的概念。

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