My previous boss will act as a reference for me.

我的前任上司将做我的推荐人。

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It was originally planned as a reference library for the federal legislature.

最初，它计划用来作为联邦立法机构的参考图书馆。

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The experiences from Makete will help in this initiative, and Makete District will act as a reference for future work.

来自 Makete 的经验将有助于此计划的进行，而 Makete 地区将作为未来工作的参考。

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Fairey says he used the AP photograph as a reference, but then changed it greatly for his own idealized and colorful picture of Barack Obama.

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Now there's a lot of variation in that: men would be different from women, taller more then shorter, all that sort of thing, but nonetheless let's just use that as a reference.

当然随情况会有不同变化,男人需要的比女人多,高的比矮的多,像这类情况,但我们用这数据做个参考

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On the one hand, he says, his reference to a divine mission, he explicitly says there, will be taken by his audience as being just another instance of Socratic irony and insincerity.

一方面，他表示自己所指的神授任务，他很明白地表示，将会被听众误以为只是另一轮的,苏格拉底式讽刺及伪善。

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With the vertical launch point of gold last year as a reference, it is basically flat.

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Fans took Guan's long and narrow panels as a reference to traditional Chinese scrolls.

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Interest rates on adjustable-rate mortgages, for instance, use the Libor rate as a reference.

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