Television is an effective means of communication.

电视是一种有效的通信手段。

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Is there any means of contacting him?

有没有什么办法和他取得联系？

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Have you any means of identification ?

你有没有任何身份证件？

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Collectivism is the system of ownership and control of the means of production by the people collectively, usually under the supervision of a government.

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Now, in contrast to the land, God's sanctuary can be purified for moral impurity by means of a special sacrifice.

与土地对比，上帝的圣所倒是可以通过一些特殊的献祭,净化道德上的不洁。

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It is not a world in which language can be understood as somehow or another a means of expressing thought.

在索绪尔眼中的世界，语言不能被理解为,表达思想的方式。

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This could mean having a better home or having a better means of transportation.

BBC: How I quit my job to travel: The banker

After all, cycling, like anything else in Paris, is as much a style-statement as a means of transport.

BBC: Caroline Wyatt cycling through Paris

The coach proved itself not just a romantic means of transport, but one reliable and nimble.

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