The kind of defence we want is not something akin to the Maginot Line, but more like manoeuvre warfare.

我们想要的防卫手段，并不是马奇诺防线那样的东西，而更像是运动战。

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The world is in a situation akin to sitting at the fault line between two tectonic plates straining against each other.

当今世界处于一种两阵对垒极度向对方施压的局面。

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Even with multiple lines and comments, it would be generous to call Perl 5's regular expressions dense — they are more akin to line noise to a beginning Perl programmer.

尽管可以分为多行并且可以包含注释，但人们还是认为Perl 5的正则表达式很晦涩，对初级perl编程人员来说，它们类似于线路噪音(line noise)。

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And since ultrasound travels in a tight line akin to laser light, the emergent tones are audible only in a narrow, cylindrical path from source to ear.

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Five different boarding groups will line up in different areas, akin to how Southwest lines up customers by groups, so that instead of a crush of people pushing toward the gate, each group will have a designated place to wait.

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