When the common nouns and the "(yi)+M+N" phrases act as attribute and predicate, they don't refer to any entity, but indicate attributes.

普通名词作定语、普通名词和“（一）量名”词组作谓语都不指称实体，而表示所修饰或说明的名词的性质，是非指称性成分。

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A common mistake companies make is train in an "up-n-coming" technology prior to actually incorporating a plan to implement that technology.

公司犯的普遍错误是在实际地并入一个计划来实现技术之前就培训这个“即将用到的”技术。

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Reversing the contents of a file is not a common task, but the following one-liners show than the -n and -p switches are not always the best choice when processing an entire file.

使文件内容反向排列并不是常见的任务，但是以下几个一行程序显示了- n开关和- p开关并不总是处理整个文件的最佳选择。

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In the past we've seen a tongue-based computer interface or two, the BrainPort sight-via-papillae solution, and this week, at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign introduced a sensor about the size of a business card that detects and identifies fourteen common sweeteners -- including Splenda, Sugar in the Raw, and Sweet'n'Low.

ENGADGET: Electronic tongue tastes, identifies sweeteners so you don't have to

N'Dour says his latest CD is an exploration of what Muslims have in common, and how Islam is practiced in Senegal, Egypt and across the Middle East.

NPR: Youssou N'Dour, 'Egypt' and Islam