But it flickers.

但它闪烁不定。

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In vain you light your toilet lamp — it flickers and goes out in the wind.

你徒然点上晚妆的灯火——它颤摇着在风中熄灭了。

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Slowly, it flickers with the twinkling of a canopy of stars, appearing all the more profoundly mysterious.

缓缓地，忽明忽暗，和着漫天星斗，越发地深邃、神秘了。

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It flickers to life on-screen and appears to turn on and off when you shake the device it's on.

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It's not obvious, but it is there -- especially on the notifications pull-down, which is smooth as a whistle as it moves across the main screen, whereas it flickers ever so slightly on the Android 4.0 One X.

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So it would not be surprising if these initial flickers were the first signs of a true consumer revival.

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