As to importance, when originally identified as distinct, the archaea, too, were regarded as marginal-yet their methane-generating properties are now a factor in climate-change calculations.

至于其重要性，古菌群在最开始被认定为自成一类时，也被视为无关紧要——但是它们释放甲烷的特性现在已被纳入气候变化的考察因素。

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In a kind of intellectual survival of the fittest, contemporary biology places very little importance on these "inferior" beaten theories, so they survive only in marginal out-of-print books.

遵循扩大到智力方面的适者生存法则，当代生物学对这些“劣等的”落败的理论，很少给予重视，结果它们就只能苟存在那些冷门的、已经绝版的著作中。

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The current system also increases the importance of the 100-150 marginal seats where most campaigning is concentrated, and electoral reformers argue that it means the voters in the remaining 400 seats are regarded as irrelevant.

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Supply sliders remind us of the importance of incentives, especially as they pertain to marginal tax rates.

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As to importance, when originally identified as distinct, the archaea, too, were regarded as marginal yet their methane-generating properties are now a factor in climate-change calculations.

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