The bin can also compress the waste so it will take up less space.

垃圾桶还可以压缩垃圾，这样就会占用更少的空间。

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Every day there is less and less space on Earth for rubbish.

每天地球上给垃圾的空间越来越少。

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Ebooks take up less space.

电子书占用的空间很少。

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But they need less space because they twist around poles or sticks.

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We transition to actually real world applications later on like a compression-- how do you take a huge amount of data ; and actually whittle it down into something more manageable; something that uses less of your disk space.

然后我们会讲生活中的应用程序,比方说压缩文件——,把大量的数据分解使其更易管理;,并占用尽量少的磁盘空间。

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The goal is to support a private space transportation industry that makes it easier and less costly to reach space.

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And once again, its opposite (taking up less space) can be a sign of respect.

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Ink cartridges were also redesigned to take up less space even with super high page yields.

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Many tenants also are becoming more efficient, using less space for the same number of employees.

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