Students do not always progress in a linear fashion.

学生不会总是顺着一条直线进步。

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I organize examples in a linear fashion.

我把这些例子按线性方式组织。

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So the velocity is changing in a linear fashion.

因此速度，呈线性变化。

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Some people are tangential learners, some prefer their facts in a linear fashion.

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But this approach is rooted in what we think of as predictive logic- planning in a linear fashion, and trying to account for all the possible contingencies.

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Geological faults do not necessarily produce earthquakes in a nice, linear fashion over time.

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