It was meant to sound like an epoch-making declaration.

有意让它听起来像是一个划时代的宣言。

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Judging from the way he laughed as he told it, it was meant to be humorous.

从他讲述时笑的方式看来，那是为逗人发笑。

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Then she saw it was meant for a nest with a bird sitting on it.

然后她看出那是一个鸟巢，上面坐着一只鸟。

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What many people do not know is that it was meant sarcastically, as just the opposite.

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For this sprite only, means local, only this function, only this script can use this variable, make this variable for all sprites, meant it was global.

对于只为一种精灵，意思是局部的，只有这个函数中，这个脚本中才可以用这个变量，这个变量为全部精灵而创建，意思是这个变量是全局的。

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In other words, this was not meant to be a record to be left for the future. It was an accident.

换句话说,这些并不是刻意为将来,留下的记录,只是个意外而已

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"He played the game the way it was meant to be played, " Wire said.

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Rep. LOFGREN: It was clear that it was meant to be a big to-do.

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It was meant to create expertise, expose students to western society, and boost morale.

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