I'll just draw out sort of a funny representation of a list.

挺有趣的关于数组的比喻,这有点像脑细胞。

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The way the chamber of deputies is formed - by an open-list proportional representation system - makes it easier for celebrity candidates to win office.

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But Mr Obuchi's party is now saying that, if it has to sacrifice some of its own single-seat incumbents to make room for Liberal candidates, it will have to find seats for those displaced on the proportional-representation list.

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Just as predictably, his weaknesses were stultifying rhetoric (phrases such as "net inward migration" and "proportional representation list system" abounded) and an inability to think on his feet (he struggled to respond to Mr Cameron's frequent attacks on his tax plans).

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