Most search engines use an inverted index — rather than compiling a list of every single Web page and all its words, for every single word, they compile a list of the places where it appears.

大部分搜索引擎使用一种倒排索引——不是针对每个单一的单词，为每个单一的网页及其上面的所有单词都编排一个目录，而是为每个单词出现的位置编排一个目录。

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One reader has channelled his frustrations into compiling an indicator of the quality of delivery (not a misery index, we hope), which we think is fab

一位读者把他的怒气发泄在制定一种送件质量指数（希望这不是不幸指数）上，我们觉得该指数很给力。

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So, this paper has a try on the designing and compiling of China commodities future index.

基于此现状，本文在中国商品期货指数的研究、开发方面，作一些尝试。

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That's the contention of Carol Adelman, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who has spent the last four years compiling the first-ever Index of Global Philanthropy.

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EIU's index measures the relative costs of doing business in 27 economies by compiling statistics relating to wages, costs for expatriate staff, air travel and subsistence, corporation taxes, perceived corruption levels, office and industrial rents, and road transport.

ECONOMIST: BUSINESS COSTS