Height is thought to be influenced by variants in a large number of genes, and each variant is thought to have only a small impact on height.

身高被认为受到大量基因变异的影响，而且每个变异只有部分的影响作用。

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They also found, as other researchers have, that higher body-mass index (BMI), a calculation based on height and weight, was also linked with earlier puberty.

他们同时还发现，正如其他研究人员已经发现的那样，较高的体重指数(BMI)——一项根据身高和体重计算出的指标，同样也跟早熟有联系。

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Monday's study from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk covered 1, 000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index — a measure of weight based on height — increased.

周一，位于美国弗吉尼亚州诺福克市的东维吉尼亚医学院发布了这份研究。对1000名受试者的研究显示累计睡眠时间和体重指数刚好成反比，体重指数是一种以身高为基准来衡量体重的方法。

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Dorothy Height went on to earn bachelor and master's degrees in four years at New York University.

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You see you cannot tell the height or the depth rather of a pool based on the average.

只知道平均值,并不知道游泳池的水深。

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Then it lands on your foot, because assuming the cannon is at zero height, the cannonball certainly comes out towards the enemy, but has no time of flight.

然后它就会落在你的脚边,因为假设大炮的高度为 0,炮弹笔直地出膛打向敌人,却没有时间飞行

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In the old days, it was strictly governed by the emperor, who imposed restrictions on height, colour and design.

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They combined these findings with radar information on the height of the cloud to work out if there was any connection between the two.

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True, spending on new houses fell sharply again in July, but mortgage rates have been cut by the government's Housing Loan Corporation, and the government is considering reducing real-estate taxes and relaxing regulatory measures such as limits on the height of houses.

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