It is also true that it is difficult to think of a single such system that has not, for better or worse, been substantially modified by human culture.

同样，很难想象一个这样的系统：不管是好是坏，都没有经过人类文化的实质性修改。

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It is not about prosperity: Iceland--which, believe it or not, is still one of the richer countries in the world--is out, whereas Vietnam is in.

它与繁荣无关：不管信不信，冰岛——仍然处于世界上较为富有的国家之列——但是被排除在外了，而越南却包含在内。

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It is not possible to determine whether both continents are moving in opposite directions or whether one continent is stationary and the other is drifting away from it.

我们不可能确定是两个大陆在向相反的方向移动，还是一个大陆是静止的，而另一个大陆在漂移。

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She said: "My object in life is not simply to make money for myself or to spend it on myself.

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That is to say, it's not this and it's not this, or it "emerges" as that which is not this, not this.

也就是说，它不是这个，不是这个，或者，它作为不是这个，不是这个而出现。

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It is not a world in which language can be understood as somehow or another a means of expressing thought.

在索绪尔眼中的世界，语言不能被理解为,表达思想的方式。

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It is our way or it is not studied at all, '' said Dr. Wicks, the research and development director at PatientsLikeMe, a closely held health-data sharing company in Cambridge, Mass.

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Still, something is amiss, whether it is that the model is ultimately not sustainable or that it is merely a case of a fledgling industry crying out for consolidation and redirection and pronto.

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There are essentially two schools of thought about why people lobby politicians: because it is profitable to do so or because it is unprofitable not to.

FORBES: Why do People Lobby Politicians? Because it Pays, Just Like Bribing Them Does