His ability to absorb information was astonishing, but his concentration span was short.

他吸收信息的能力让人惊讶，但他的注意力持续时间很短。

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The company might be very optimistic, but the ability of their machine to detect deception has not provided credible proof.

该公司可能非常乐观，但他们的机器检测欺骗的能力并没有提供可信的证据。

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In Type 3 situations, there are few alternatives, but the ability to switch without difficulty creates a threat that companies can use to negotiate concessions from existing suppliers.

在第三种情况下，几乎没有其他选择，但毫无困难地转换的能力造成了一种威胁，企业可以利用这种威胁与现有供应商谈判让步。

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But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply.

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I should just say that the data i just gave you is real data but it's actually mixed ability data.

我强调一点我给你们的数据是真实数据,但是它是综合了各种能力后的数据

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Their eyes are intact but rather what happens in agnosia is they lose the ability to recognize certain things.

他们的眼睛并未受到损伤,相反,失认症的症状是,患者失去识别某些事物的能力

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Greater production efficiencies and higher production volumes led to lower cost, enabling some ability to lower prices but the ability of the industry to sustain unit growth as well as storage capacity growth to match the needs of content hungry users and protect itself from competing technologies is threatened by the relentless drop in HDD ASPs.

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So at stake right now is not just our ability to solve this problem, but our ability to solve any problem.

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As far as the buildings themselves, Watson sees not only the ability of buildings to interact with power markets, but the ability to self-regulate and adjust as well.

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