The official was troubled because his inadequate education had become a bar to promotion.

那名官员因学历成为自己晋升的障碍而苦恼。

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Lines at the grocery store might become as obsolete as milkmen, if a new tag that seeks to replace bar codes becomes commonplace.

一旦这种新型标签取代条形码并渗入人们生活中，那么杂货店里条形码扫描线可要像送奶工一样“退居二线”了。

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To the delight of many New Zealanders, he bested all Australians bar Rupert Murdoch, a media mogul of Australian origins who has become an American citizen.

让很多新西兰人荣光的是，他击败了除媒体大亨美籍澳大利亚人罗伯特·默多克(Rupert Murdoch)之外的所有澳大利亚人。

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Without guidance, the uncoordinated notes become a cacophony until a regular at the bar, who happens to be a conductor, stands up to take charge of the orchestra.

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But the black matrix bar code symbols have become a harbor for malicious code writers who devise ways to steal personal data.

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