These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted, but it was only because over time, they believed that it was just impossible.

这些动物可以随时挣脱绳子，但这只是因为随着时间的推移，它们认为这是不可能的。

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Gradual seepage of carbon dioxide into the air is also an issue, because over time it could defeat the goal of CCS.

另一个要考虑的问题，是二氧化碳慢慢渗出而进入大气；长期而言，这会使CCS的成效大打折扣。

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Now I mention this only because over time, this will become important when you're not reading in files necessarily but writing files.

我之所以提到这个是因为久而久之，当你自己写代码而不是读代码时,这会变得非常重要。

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She says the new studies are important because they show trends over time.

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Now I mention this only because over time, this will become important when you're not reading in files necessarily but writing files.

我之所以提到这个是因为久而久之，当你自己写代码而不是读代码时,这会变得非常重要。

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And this will have to go up before The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry before they approve it because they fought over element 106 for the longest time, but I think this will go through fairly quickly.

但还是要往上申请,直到国际纯粹与应用化学联合会,因为同意,他们为106号元素抗争了很久，但我想这个应该会很快通过。

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