Well, speaking as a journalist I'm dismayed by the amount of pressure there is for pictures of combat.

嗯，作为一名新闻工作者，我为人们对于战斗图片有如此大的需求量而深感不安。

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It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm.

限制那些有足够天赋、即使睡眠少于平均值却能很好地工作和娱乐的人会阻碍我们的发展，这将是一件憾事，如果这确实对他们没有害处的话。

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There are adaptations that increase the amount of forward thrust as well as those that reduce drag.

有增加前进推力的调整方法，也有减少阻力的调整方法。

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She says the actions of the CNDP could well amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Well if you can continuously measure and then give the amount of insulin you need to compensate for that amount of blood, those things could work together to be a totally artificial pancreas, make it totally out of synthetic parts.

如果能持续监测并且补充,血液中不足的胰岛素,能同时具有以上功能的东西,才可以称之为人工胰腺,它不同于将部件简单的进行组合

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BP is continuing efforts to increase the amount of oil being captured from its damaged underwater well.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

In addition, Cyprus's government is preparing aggressive curbs on the flow of cash out of the country, which will cap the amount of cash people can bring out of the country, as well as the amount of credit-card purchases of goods outside Cyprus.

WSJ: U.S. Stocks Sag

The enormity of the potential violence -- well, the amount of violence that had occurred against civilian populations but also what was about to occur, and the promises made by Qaddafi himself on what he would do to the people of Benghazi were obviously factors in this.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Residents have long argued that the island hosts more than its fair share of US bases and complained of base-related crime as well as the amount of land allocated to the US military.

BBC: US troops held over Okinawa alleged rape