The government which followed the election was a very different animal.

选举后的政府与前一届的截然不同。

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To policymakers in Washington, it seemed silly and nitpicky to treat finance as a different animal.

对于华盛顿而言，把金融业区别对待显得愚蠢与过于挑剔。

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“It’s totally different from what classroom teaching is like, so it’s a completely different animal,” Ms. Sutter said.

“这和课堂教学是完全不同的，所以凯利变了一个人。” 苏特女士说。

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"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

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This may sound a little bit too much, but I'm no different than that animal, than that tree, than that rock.

这也许一下子很难接受，但我与各种动物没有不同，也与树木，岩石无异。

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It can come from animal sources and from vegetable sources, and the two have different impacts on health.

它可能来自动物,也可能来自植物,这两种对健康的影响各不相同

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It might be cheaper than a BMW or a Mercedes, but the Ford buyer is a different animal.

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Rest them when you've got our biggest customer at stake, that's a whole different animal.

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Applying EPR to packaging is a slightly different animal, Gardner points out, because packaging materials are commodities.

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