This would also explain their somewhat 'random' distribution in areas of the body which would not have been that easy to display had they been applied as a form of status marker.

这也解释了它们某种程度上在身体上的“无规律”分布。如果是作为身份象征的话，这样的分布并不容易展示出来。

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He used a body swerve to shake off a marker and create space for himself. Then, with marvelous disguise, with the merest of back lift from his left foot, he propelled the ball at startling velocity.

他突然变向摆脱掉防守他的球员，并为自己创造出空间，用一个逼真的假动作，仅仅向后提起左脚，就以惊人的速度将足球抽射出去。

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To study the transmission of painful signals throughout the body, many researchers use "marker" proteins that label pain-sensing neurons.

为了研究疼痛信号传输至全身各处，许多研究人员使用“标记”蛋白质，标签感受疼痛的神经。

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Soon, it was: Hackers began posting YouTube videos of their refinements of his technique, squeezing the necessary hardware into an inconspicuous iPhone case or the body of a dry-erase marker.

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Another team of researchers squeezed it into the body of an inconspicuous dry-erase marker.

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