Test-driven development (TDD) alters the process of writing code so that change is not only possible, but desirable.

测试驱动开发（TDD）改变了编码的过程，并且这种改变不仅是可能的，同时也是值得去做的。

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Customary royalties on commodities is about 12.5%, but in cases of highly desirable properties or where there is a great deal of disruption to one's home or property, the rate can be 25% or higher.

按惯例征收的商品使用费约为12.5%，但如果是非常理想的财产，或某人的房屋或财产遭到严重破坏，税率可达25%或更高。

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Applicants began flooding teaching programs, not because the salaries were so high but because autonomous decision making and respect made the job desirable.

大量申请者开始申请教学项目，不是因为工资高，而是因为教师工作能够获得的自主决策权和尊重非常吸引人。

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Irons says temporary deficits are normal and even desirable during severe economic downturns, but must be corrected in the long term.

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All heat couldn't get successfully converted into work That would be desirable, but it's not possible.

都变成功,把全部热量变成功是非常令人期待的，但是这是不可能的。

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It's of no interest to me to survive, and merely saying the mantra, "Oh, but it's me" doesn't make it more desirable to me.

我对仅仅是活下去，然后老生常谈地说“但那是我“不感兴趣“,那激不起我更多的渴望。

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But desirable though chastity and constancy might be (and achievable, too, if the under-15 data are reliable) they cannot do the job alone.

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That is desirable any time, but especially desirable when an economy is struggling to get back on its feet.

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He drifts back and forth between wavering Eva and the slightly too motivated but very desirable Pamela.

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