Scientific work is differentiated from art by its necessary connection with the idea of progress.

科学工作不同于艺术在于它与进步的概念有必然联系。

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He toyed with the idea of going to China.

他没有太认真地考虑去中国的这个想法。

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I did briefly toy with the idea of living in France.

我确实稍稍有过定居法国的念头。

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That is when a government takes ownership of a private business, often with the idea of selling it back to investors later.

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I want to make another, slightly more philosophical remark associated with this and it's to do with the idea of "Leadership."

第二条结论就是,我不妨说得稍带有些哲学的意味,这和领导力是紧密联系的

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This will kind of bring some of these factors together, along with the idea of what people thought they were.

这样可以让这些因素结合起来,并沿着自我认知的思路讲下去

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Perry Stoltz, bought the property with the idea of creating a resort for wealthy northerners.

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Locately in 2008 with the idea of applying location analysis to the then-recently-introduced Apple (AAPL) iPhone.

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Phoenix was founded in 2001 with the idea of producing a vehicle that meets carb's requirements.

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