The total volume of water in the saturated sample must therefore be thought of as consisting of water that can, and water that cannot drain away.

"因此，人们认为充满水分的岩石样本的总含水量既包括可能会渐渐流失的水分，也包括不会流失的水分。

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The pruning part of biotechnology involves eliminating proclivities that might be useful to a wild organism, but drain its energy and metabolic effort away from the task at hand.

生物工艺中的修剪包括去除一些可能对野外生命有好处的秉性，因为这种秉性消耗能量和新陈代谢使其不能进行指定的任务。

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Most of us are sentimental, so when you are in agony, do not look down upon yourself. You should harbor in mind that every one has a fragile side in heart and has different ways to drain it away.

人是有七情六欲的，人是有私心杂念的，大多数人都是感性的，所以在你伤心难过的时候，不必瞧不起自己，看低自己，每个人都有他脆弱的一面，只不过每个人的排解方式不同。

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The goal is to drain some of the crowds away from Paris's jam-packed department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps.

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According to some projections, the Social Security taxes that those two workers and their employers would have to pay to support one retired person could drain away 25% of American payrolls.

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These lymph ducts drain a milky white fluid that contains byproducts of immune activity away from areas of inflammation and infection.

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