So, as crude as they are, tallies of species' statuses let conservationists take the pulse of life on the planet.

因此，尽管粗略，物种状态的计数让自然资源保护学家们感受到行星上生命的脉动。

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So for politicians eager to cultivate and rouse their activists, and for journalists trying to take the pulse of a party, the annual conferences are increasingly useless.

因此对于那些急于扶植、激发活动分子的政客们以及想要把握党派脉博的记者们来说，年会越来越无价值。

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As a doctor takes a patient's pulse or blood pressure reading to determine if the patient is ill, we take readings of our rhythms to let us know if something is wrong with our agile process.

医生会根据病人的脉搏或是血压来判断病人是否生病，我们通过检查节拍来判断敏捷过程中是否出错。

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And so we have to look to the deputy leadership contest to take the pulse of the governing party.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In full: George Osborne speech

The plane trip over to Cannes is always an interesting and practical way to take the pulse of the delegation.

FORBES: Musings On The Way To Cannes

You practically have to read the fine print to discover there are two surveys--both conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)--that take the pulse of our labor markets.

FORBES: Fact and Comment