And scientists are reporting this week on what they call the "indirect costs" of a virus-resistance gene in Cucurbita.

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A little indirect but not so indirect that is difficult to understand. You should use this often.

有一点委婉，但不至于委婉到让人难以理解。应当尽量多使用这种句型。

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It's a little bit more indirect, but it gets the same message across.

这种说法更为间接委婉，但也表达了相同的请求。

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Although indirect sales is a key component to scaling revenue as the start up gets bigger and provides the scalable reach, the lack of control in indirect deals results in a predicament around accurate sales forecasts.

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In other words, roughly half of the jobs created were indirect, a result of the economic multiplier effect from federal spending.

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Eventually, as the market matures and customers understand the problem and the need for a solution, indirect sales model becomes very important from a scalability perspective.

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