"Some decades ago, the glacier was sitting on this ridge and the friction of the ridge was restraining the flow of the glacier," he explained.

“几十年前，冰川坐落在这道海脊上，其摩擦力阻止了冰川流动，”他解释道。

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Our digital communication network has been engineered so that copies flow with as little friction as possible.

我们的数字通信网络被打造成让拷贝流尽量畅通无阻。

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"There is just too much friction in getting capital to flow," he says.

他说：“获得这些用于周转的资金真是太难了！”

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Mizuno reckons that by reducing friction, keeping the flow orderly and delaying separation of the boundary layer, its new suits offer the average female swimmer 9.5% less drag than a conventional costume.

ECONOMIST: The turbulent world of swimming