Which do you think is the most important invention?

你认为哪一个是最重要的发明？

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But the eighth most-important invention of all time?

真的是整个时代第八项最重要的发明吗？

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These then went to a public vote to find the most important invention of past centuries.

博物馆组织了一场公开投票来选出在过去的世纪里谁是最重要的发明。

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I think it was the invention of probability theory that really started it and that's why I think theory is very important in finance.

我认为是概率论的诞生,真正促生了保险业,那也是为什么,我认为理论对于金融来说非常重要

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This invention was very important because it stopped people from canceling.

这是一项非常重要的创新,因为它有效地防止了人们取消保单

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Always fascinated by gadgetry, he produced his first important invention there: a chronograph for measuring the velocity of artillery shells.

FORBES: The Alchemist

Since quitting Toshiba in 1994, he has been working on what he expects will be an even more important invention: a "three-dimensional silicon-based semiconductor, " he says, which will increase the capacity of semiconductors by a factor of ten.

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The Japanese voted instant noodles their most important 20th-century invention, Sony Walkmans notwithstanding.

ECONOMIST: Momofuku Ando