So what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations, as a measure, it is no longer enough.

因此，肯尼迪所指的是，虽然 GDP 是衡量国家经济活动最常用的方法，但作为一种衡量标准，它已经不够合理了。

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This year's rise, an average of 2.7 percent, may be a fraction lower than last year's, but it is still well above the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation.

今年的平均涨幅为2.7%，虽然可能略低于去年，但仍远高于官方的消费者价格指数（CPI）所反映的通胀水平。

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Not much of a game, perhaps, but it provides a good measure of the first player's sense of fairness, since he has the power to be as unfair as he likes.

或许作为一个游戏，这并不好玩，但它提供了一个衡量公平观念的好办法，因为只要第一家愿意，他有权做不公平的事。

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Turkey's reaction was swift. Ankara said the measure accused the Turkish nation of a crime it had not committed.

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And I think it's a measure of the power of Milton's anti-tyrannical language that it can be used against Milton himself.

我认为这种米尔顿的反暴政语言之力量的,衡量标准可用于弥尔顿自己身上。

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I mean we can, we can sort of understand why OK, the total energy, if we measure it, we measure a process which is not reversible.

例如我们易于理解为什么，当试图测量一个不可逆系统的总能量，给出的或许。

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