"Creativity," he said, "is like an old engine."

罔达修士是这样描述创造力的。

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That old engine is the archetype of modern locomotives.

那台老式发动机是近代机车的原型。

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I press the starter and the old engine stuttered into life.

我按了起动装置，那具老引擎断断续续地发动起来。

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Dealers are required to make the trade-ins unusable by destroying the engine, then recycle the old vehicles into scrap metal.

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In short order the little gizmo was bringing in more money than the old tariff engine.

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Mr Harrer built him one, running the projector off an old Jeep engine, and discovered at his first proper audience with the living Buddha that the boy had already dismantled and re-assembled it, all by himself.

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Baidu, the ten-year-old leading Chinese search engine firm, is developing a new mobile operating system, like Android or Windows, the Chinese media reports.

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