In fact, prepared statement is not a feature but a principle.

事实上，预备语句不是功能，而是原则。

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In fact, prepared statement is not a feature but a principle. And one can implement it on their own. Which you have to do, instead of devising excuses.

事实上，预备语句不是功能，而是原则。和一个自己可以实现它。你所要做的，而不是设计的借口。

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I'm not opposed to a core curriculum in principle, but I think requiring a foreign language is unrealistic.

原则上我不反对必修课程，但是我认为把外语列为必修课是不现实的。

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The journalist says he is not a hero, but rather a man of principle.

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Not on the basis of simple filling in ascending order, but a modified rate of filling as according to the Aufbau Principle.

并不是以简单的升值分布为基础，而是一个修改的填充方法,根据构造原理得到的填充法。

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Modest container theories, that is, say there's a value to being alive, but it can in principle be outweighed.

保守的有价值容器理论认为，活着有一定的价值，但是按道理它可以被超越。

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But a monastic principle I overlooked is detachment.

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Warfare spawns brutality, but if a principle can be established that those guilty of the worst behaviour may later pay a price for it, some of those involved in future conflicts may think twice before committing atrocities on Bosnia's sickening scale.

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Don Shepperd, a CNN military analyst, said the new weapon is not a fuel-air explosive but works on a similar principle.

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