There's a good reason you won't see many fast-food restaurants decorated in blue: Believe it or not, the color blue functions as an appetite suppressant.

其实这也是为什么你在很多快餐店看不到蓝色装饰的原因。信不信由你，蓝色确实发挥着抑制食欲的功能。

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The European Union is contemplating introducing a system of “blue cards” that will give talented people a fast track to EU citizenship.

欧盟正在计划引进“蓝卡”系统来让高级人才更快地获得欧盟居民身份。

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After this they came to a shore where there were no less than sixty-five great red parrots with blue tails, sitting on a rail all of a row, and all fast asleep.

之后，他们来到了一处海岸，那里有不下于六十五只蓝尾巴的红色大鹦鹉，它们排成一行，蹲在一根栏杆上，全都睡得很香。

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The Blue Nile moves fast through the city, careening against the riverbanks as if it's already late for something.

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McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), the blue chip of fast food, is also finally growing again.

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But it can't compete with IBM's work in progress, Blue Gene, unless it's ten times that fast.

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