That's a big reason why the Kindle has remained a hot seller in the age of the iPad, defying early predictions that the iBooks and Kindle apps on the iPad would turn the Kindle into a fringe device.

这就是为什么Kindle在这样一个iPad时代里仍然能保持很高的销量。 早些时候曾有人认为，苹果的iBooks应用和iPad版的Kindle应用将使Kindle平板成为一款边缘设备，现在这种臆断也已不攻自破。

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"Don't be too thin!" the age-defying supermodel told Self magazine.

“千万别太瘦了！” 这位在时光流转中依然光鲜年轻的超模这样告诉SELF杂志。

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THE human race has spent millennia celebrating, damning and defying old age.

人类数千年来都在庆祝老年人的长寿，同时也咒骂衰老，抗拒衰老。

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Federer may be defying his age, but the aching Nadal is physically ground down, a primary reason he's been outspoken on changes to the system.

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Defying its age, it displayed bright fruit, crispness and acidity.

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"Anything that says 'age-defying' instantly grabs my attention, " says Ms. Brown, a stay-at-home mom in Lexington, Ill.

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