They planted a stake in the ground.

他们在地上栽了一根木桩。

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It is the FCC's way of putting a stake in the ground for making the wireless networks controlled by cell phone carriers as open as the Internet.

这是FCC下了赌注使手机供应商对无限网络的控制就像互联网一样。

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The persistence piece of the current model code is very much just a stake in the ground.

目前模型代码中的持久化部分是非常重要的。

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Political divisions have rarely been uglier and what better more sacred ground to stake out than claiming to awaken the public to their fulfillment of the American dream, home-ownership.

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Going up against entrenched interests is never easy, and Castlight has to perform a delicate dance, collaborating with insurers to pry loose the claims data it needs to serve its self-insured customers, while at the same time disrupting the status quo to stake its ground.

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Now it is time for each side to put a stake in the ground.

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