They are of the old school of thought that advocates for clear-cut lines between design and development.

他们是守旧派，倡导在设计和开发之间划清界限。

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He cut the engine and grabbed the mooring lines.

他关掉发动机，抓住了系船的绳索。

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We want to cut across lines of race, sex and religion.

我们要超越种族、性别和宗教的界限。

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Two men left the group to cut the telegraph lines east and west of Harpers Ferry.

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He added that his town has been cut off by rain and mud that has blocked roads and covered railway lines.

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It arrested two Swiss businessmen, threatened to cut off crude oil deliveries, withdrew its money from Swiss banks, and told Swiss International Air Lines it could no longer fly to Tripoli.

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The team had hiked two miles from their base camp into the forest to cut fire lines.

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And so we must defeat determined enemies, wherever they are, and build coalitions that cut across lines of region and race and religion.

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Last week, in a huff, Deutsche cut trading lines to Commerzbank for several days, after the latter had poached some of Deutsche's fixed-income team.

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