The former is the fundamental task.

前者是根本任务。

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That fundamental task of making money doesn't change or go away.

赚钱这个基本任务并没有改变，更不会消失。

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Truthfully and clearly displaying the fact is the basic function and fundamental task of an interrogation record.

如实、清楚地反映案件事实是讯问笔录的基本功能和根本任务。

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Is it intolerant for a citizen to require its government to perform the fundamental task of enforcing national borders?

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But no one individual can be truly successful in this critical and monumental task without that fundamental rebalancing between Wall Street and Main Street that candidate Obama promised.

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Fundamental breakthroughs generate headlines and win Nobel prizes but, as Ralph Gomory points out, it is the more mundane task of turning breakthroughs into affordable products that matters economically.

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