It is the difference between words, not something inherent in each word, that gives the words their meanings.

就是这种字与字之间的延异，而非字的本身，使字词具有意义。

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When a deaf child speaks into the computer, the light would show the difference between words spoken clearly and words spoken unclearly.

当失聪儿童对着计算机讲话，信号灯随即对话语清晰与否不断作出不同反应。

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In other words, the seed vault is the difference between life and death.

换句话说，种子库就是生与死的区别。

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the difference between seeing words, hearing words, reading words and generating words can correspond to different aspects of what part of your brain is active.

看到词句,听到词句,阅读词句,创造词句,这些不同的活动,会激活你不同的大脑区域

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And so, an English speaker can hear the difference between "Lip" and "Rip" and that corresponds to two different words in English.

所以,英语说话者可以听出,"Lip"和"Rip"之间的差别,而这两种声音在英语中对应了不同的单词

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He thinks that useful languages should allot words in order to minimise the perceptual difference between colours of the same category, and maximise it between colours in different categories.

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