The amount of "vital heat" produced by a specific body was viewed as a direct index of its place in the "great chain of being", a hierarchical order of rank according to degrees of perfection.

一个身体产生“生命之热”的数量直接决定了它在“存在之链”中的位置——一个依据个体的完善程度来安排的等级序列。

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Each chunk is a direct index to the pointer array of the corresponding level: the first left-hand-side chunk to the first-level nodes, the second chunk to the nodes of the second level, and so on.

每个小块便是相应层的指针数组的直接索引：最左边的小块指向第一层节点，第二个小块指向第二层的节点，依此类推。

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Kearney reported in its semi-annual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index survey that among Japanese, Malaysia had dropped from the top choice in June to No. 32.

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The only way to get direct exposure is to specifically seek it out by investing in a fund like Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (EGPT).

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