Those smaller parts can be used to form an infinite number of messages, including messages that are completely novel, that have never been expressed before.

单位小的信息能够用来组成无限数量的信号，包括那些以前从未表达过的全新的信号。

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I had gained weight in the form of muscle mass, but thinking only of lowering the number on the scale, I altered my training program.

肌肉量增大，我的体重就增加了，但因为只想着降低体重称上的数字，我改变了训练计划。

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A number of colleges have amalgamated to form the new university.

一些学院联合组成了这所新大学。

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The census form asks ten questions, including the number of people living in each house, their ethnic group and race.

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I just want to remind you, if I wanted to, for example, type in an expression like that, notice the syntactical form, it's an expression, a number, followed by an operand, followed by another expression.

我想要提醒下大家，如果你想要，例如，输入一个这样的表达式，注意语法形式，这是个表达式，一个数字，后面是一个运算对象，后面是另外一个表达式。

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Now the theatrical form of the mask differs in a number of ways from the more familiar dramatic form of the play, with which we're all obviously much more comfortable with.

现在面具的表演形式,与我们更熟悉更适应的戏剧表演形式，在很多地方相差很远。

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William Allen Broughton had known the Panamanians since 1982 when they helped him form a number of companies.

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See, the hard copy tax return uses the national insurance number as "tax reference", while the online form ignores this number.

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Both teams go into the derby in strong form with a number of mouth-watering personal duels anticipated.

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