This step may sound overly deferential, but it's a smart way to give the powerful person psychological safety and control.

这一步听起来可能过于顺从，但这是给强势者心理安全感和控制力的聪明方法。

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In cooperation with computer control step motor, the positioning system has such advantages as automatization, high precision, large view field and non contact etc.

该系统与计算机控制的步进电机配合使用，具有自动化程度高、大视场高精度和非接触性等优点。

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The pact is a modest but important step forward, according to Kingston Reif, at the Washington-based Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

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Earlier this week, Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also discussed with Congress another step which would enable the government to take control of major non-bank financial institutions threatened with collapse.

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Its so far successful facedown with the once-powerful mechanics' union may have broad echoes across a beleaguered airline industry as the nation's fourth-largest carrier takes a step toward getting its labor costs under control--a necessity if it's to avoid a bankruptcy filing this fall.

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For example, conventional wisdom in the West is that the birth-control pill was an essential step toward women's liberation.

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This is the first step toward self-control, and if self-control ever catches on, perhaps your next audience will take their eyes off their CrackBerries and focus on you.

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