This essay is not a contribution to philosophy.

这本论文不是对哲学的一个贡献。

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In other words, McGann is making a contribution here not least to the debates surrounding editing and the production of authoritative scholarly texts.

换句话说，麦克甘对于有关编辑的争论，和权威文本的创作做出了很大的贡献。

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Your contribution means a great deal not only to this organization, but also to the whole world.

你们的贡献意义重大，不仅是对于这个协会，而且对于整个世界。

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I think it's very useful. It may not be immediately apparent to people in Darfur, but in the end it is a contribution towards a solution to their problem."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Why the interest rate clears-- it's a mysterious phenomenon, because it's a market phenomenon and each person only sees his or her own contribution to the market and not the whole market.

为什么这个利率能让市场出清...,这是个不可思议的市场现象,每个人只能看到自己在市场中的行为,而不了解整体市场情况

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Anyone who asserts that business is not making a contribution to the well-being of society in material ways is foolish.

ECONOMIST: In the pink

On the other hand, if the donor would have made the gift or payment notwithstanding the election, it does not become a contribution merely because the gift or payment might have some impact on the election.

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Meanwhile a Tory Chancellor, George Osborne, is convinced that those on the highest incomes are not making a proper contribution to the reduction of the government's excessive deficit - and so he wants to limit their ability to avoid tax, including through his controversial plan to limit how much they can cut their tax bill by making big contributions to charity.

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