Much of the discount is pocketed by retailers instead of being passed on to customers.

折扣的大部分进了零售商的腰包，而顾客没有得到实惠。

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Instead of collecting all the output and processing it on a single thread, the final function called is passed to each thread via the ForAll extension method.

该方法并不需要实现收集到所有的输出，然后在单一的线程中处理，而是将最终调用的函数通过ForAll扩展传递到每个线程中。

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But those changes are not passed on indefinitely, like a successful genetic mutation would be. Instead, they are wiped out over a generation or two.

但这些变化并不像成功的基因突变一样，能够永久地遗传下去，实际上它们往往在一两代的时间里就会消失。

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He also chose to live in an apartment instead of the archbishop's palace, passed on a chauffeured limousine and cooked his own meals, CNN Vatican analyst John Allen wrote in a profile published by National Catholic Reporter.

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He notes that Research In Motion had already passed on using Marvell chips in the PlayBook tablet, choosing instead a Texas Instruments (TXN) part.

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The change came as Itron's research group in Paris realized it could exploit inexpensive new wireless chips and open-source software to create a so-called mesh network of electric meters that passed information among themselves, like firemen in a bucket brigade, instead of relying on expensive and less reliable individual connections to the Internet.

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