As Gordon discovered during her research, there's no one ant making decisions or giving orders.

正如戈登在研究过程中发现的那样，没有一只蚂蚁在做决定或是发号施令。

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She soon got up again to go to the dining-room, criticising the butler and giving orders to the maid.

她很快又起身到餐室去训斥男管家，然后吩咐女仆。

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When the voice isn't giving orders, it's counting.

当这声音不在发令时便是在计数。

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Mr.Obama says he is giving Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton orders to take steps to advance the peace efforts.

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John did not try to, he began giving orders and ran back in the house.

NPR: E.L. Doctorow on Sherman and 'The March'

For all his foresight, John was running around this way and that, red-faced, shouting and giving orders.

NPR: E.L. Doctorow on Sherman and 'The March'

This week many South Koreans applauded him for giving orders to the navy to fire back if attacked.

ECONOMIST: On the eve of talks, trouble flares between the Koreas