French researchers say it is similar to people buying larger cars, houses or flat-screen TVs to try to advance their social standing.

法国研究人员说，这其实就像是人们喜欢买大一点的车子、房子和平板电视一样，只是想要提升自己的社会地位。

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That changed at the French Open, where the flat-hitting, tenacious Pavlyuchenkova upset Vera Zvonareva to advance to a first quarterfinal.

这一切在法国网球公开赛改变了，顽强的帕芙柳琴科娃用平击球打败了兹沃娜列娃打进了她第一个四分之一决赛。

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A new advance called flat developing drawing based on improved axonometric projection with simplified lineation and enhanced expression of systematic function and principle is presented in this paper.

介绍了平面展开图画法，对轴侧图的画线进行了简化，而在系统的原理及功能表述方面做了加强。

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While some promises have fallen flat, the push to advance nanotechnology remains strong.

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Apple remained among the most notable stocks to be left out of the rally, flat on the day amid the broader advance.

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And the advance guard of this revolution is neither a console nor a computer, but a flat, thin, palm-sized piece of plastic.

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