Is it a white-tie affair?

这是个穿夜礼服的聚会吗？

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'Is it a new series?' 'No, a repeat'.

“这是新播出的连续剧吗？”“不，是重播的。”

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Is it a dialect?

它是一种方言吗？

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Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

That's sometimes confusing for people, because it seems like okay, is it a photon or is it an electron.

有时候这对人们来说是令人迷惑的，因为它看起来好像是对的，它是一个光子还是一个电子？

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Is this a syncretic religious vision, or is it a Christian one?

这是个融合的宗教影像，还是基督教的？

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Again and again, he tells me, it is not a settlement, it is a city.

BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September

Nor is it a career that brings in the same income we had in New York.

BBC: How we quit our jobs to travel: The digital power couple

Now tell me again, why is it a conflict for advisors to own company stock?

FORBES: Advisor Independence: Is the SEC Off the Mark?