But sometimes, however imperfectly, you can make progress.

但是有时，你可以进步，虽然不尽完美。

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The answer, I believe, is twofold: controlling the borders, however imperfectly;

我认为，应采取双重应对之道：控制边境，尽管这种做法存在缺陷；

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In order to understand, however imperfectly, what is meant by "face," we must take account of the fact that, as a race, the Chinese have a strongly dramatic instinct.

为了大体上理解“面子”一词的含义，我们必须考虑到这样一个事实，中国人这整个种族天生就热爱舞台表演。

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Most scientific discoveries can be boiled down to a sound bite, however imperfectly.

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"This logic represents a fundamental challenge to the principles on which, however imperfectly, world peace and stability have rested for the last 58 years, " Annan told the U.N.

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Let us hope that the advances of recent times will reawaken a sense of awe and well-being, that we will rest easy in the knowledge that there is indeed a God and that we will rediscover and reinvigorate the principles--however imperfectly adhered to--that created this nation: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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