If you've always been a certain way or done a certain thing, but it's not working for you any more, or you're not content, Emerson says that it'd be foolish to be consistent even with our own past.

如果你总是以某种方式或做某种事情，但它不再适合你，或者你不满足，爱默生说，即使是与我们自己的过去保持一致也是愚蠢的。

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No one knows which—if any—battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear.

没有人知道哪一种电池技术（如果有的话）最终将占据主导地位，但有一件事是清楚的。

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No fish at all was in it, nor any monster or thing of horror, but only a little Mermaid lying fast asleep.

里面根本没有鱼，也没有什么怪物或恐怖的东西，只卧着一条酣睡的小美人鱼。

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You can adapt it for any sort of possible purpose, but the crucial thing is to keep the distinction between meaning and significance clear."

你可以为任何目的将其改编，但重要的是你必须,将意思和意义分清楚“

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It's called, I don't know if you guys speak any Japanese, but it's called Bungo, the thing that we're focusing on.

我不知道你们是否会日语，但我们主要学习的东西被称作“豊后”。

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It's not that other thing, but, generally speaking, the point about a sign is that it's not any other thing.

总的来说，这个符号总是清楚的指代，这件事而不是那件事。

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But one thing any scientist will tell you is that to solve a problem you first have to identify the problem.

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The White House response: blather, followed by a token bombing raid that turned out to be any- thing but a lesson-dealing blow.

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Any means to make it a bit squarer is a good thing, but not by de-powering them by any shape or form.

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