It could apply one or more theories to a substantive problem already well known to the student (and thus requiring no further research), as a vehicle toward a critique of the theoretical arguments.

学生可将一个或以上的理论应用到一个已知的实际问题(因此不需再作研究)，以此来评论该理论。

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"We were looking for ways that we could apply our expertisearound economic development and small business management to populations that could use it.

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Same thing with cmp, that's just saying greater than, and greater than now can apply to strings, it can apply to floats, it could apply to points, it could add other pieces into it.

是不是相等？,这跟cmp是一样的，这个只不过是说大于，大于现在可以应用于字符串，可以应用于浮点数，可以应用于点。

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As I say, there's a certain instability which could never apply in the semiotics of the stoplight because there it's not so much a question of but rather the insistence that the color is just that color.

我承认，颜色的选择有时候是有规律的,但是在语义学上这解释不通,因为他们不考虑,但是语义学家认为颜色只单纯表示颜色。

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If fracking is approved in New York and Maryland, which have put a hold on new drilling, it could apply there, too.

WSJ: Fracking coalition upsets both greens and drillers

If fracking is approved in New York and other states in the East that have put a hold on new drilling, it could apply there, too.

WSJ: Sierra Club blasts new plan to improve fracking

It could apply to New York City or it could apply to Israel or to Kosovo in many ways because it is about the struggle of being a human.

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