Language has been enriched with such terms as "highbrow", "egghead", "blue-stocking", "wiseacre", "know-all", "boffin" and, for many, "intellectual" is a term of denigration.

因为这些词语，比如，“卖弄知识的人”、“书呆子”、“女才子”、“自认聪明的人”、“自以为无所不知的人”，以及“研究员”，语言都变得丰富了起来，而且对大多数人来说，“知识分子”是一个诋毁的词语。

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Python is a full-featured, robust programming language and, as such, it has tons of features.

Python是一种功能齐全的、可靠的编程语言，就这一点而论，它具有非常多的特性。

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But the XSLT language has such a different syntax and processing model from classical programming languages that it takes time to grasp all of XSLT's subtle nuances.

但是XSLT语言的语法和处理模型与传统编程语言有很大不同，因此要掌握XSLT的所有细微之处需要花费一些时间。

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"One of the things I am suggesting is a communal statement that synagogues sign on to, and that has language that creates a playing field that makes it clear that such language and violence will not be accepted, that people who are gay are welcome to pray and participate in synagogue life and that religion is not about excluding and hating but about finding areas where we can come and be in the presence of the divine,"

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It is perhaps the fear that a soldier may lose their life on such a mission that has led ministers and generals to avoid using explicit language about the UK's war in Afghanistan being over.

BBC: UK combat operations in Afghanistan effectively cease

To get this far, Turkey has taken such dramatic steps as abolishing the death penalty, accepting Kurdish as a language in schools, scrapping state security courts, revising the penal code and tightening civilian control over the army.

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The country's historic "points system, " in which the government selected immigrants based on a set of broad skills such as education, work experience and language, has not worked very well in choosing immigrants who succeed in the job market.

CNN: What Canada can teach GOP on immigration