This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.

这笔交易只不过是对自然景观持续破坏行为的遮掩而已。

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The base-2 system makes for very long encoded messages or bit width, so programmers came up with a way to shorten this encoding based on the hexadecimal system (Fig. 2).

基2系统有时会使用很长的编码消息或位宽度，于是程序员想出了一个缩短此编码的方法，这种方法称之为基于十六进制系统(图2)。

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Referring to FIG. 3, there is shown a three dimensional space for further explanation of terms used in this specification.

参照图3，为了进一步解释说明书中所用的术语示出了三维空间。

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this court is attributed to him, not 100% sure it's his-- said, "I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, " but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity."

这个报告厅就是他捐建的，但不能完全确定是他所有的--说过，“我不会认为与复杂性一致的简单性是微不足道的，但我会把我的一生用来研究与复杂性相对的简单性“

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This is his cover story, a fig leaf for his smuggling plans, and an illustration of the kind of development that might genuinely help the indigenous peoples.

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The trouble with all these academic studies and their gloomy prognostications is that, on this week's evidence, few small investors show much sign of caring a fig for any of them.

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