For primitive beings like us, life seems to only have one single purpose. Gaining time.

像我们这种原始生物，或者似乎只有一个目的，那就是争取时间。

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The purpose of a functional map is to receive one or more input objects and generate a single output object.

功能性映射的用途是接收一个或多个输入对象并生成单一输出对象。

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One purpose of this article is to summarize the various categories of business rules and show how a single approach to integration with the IBM SOA fits different kinds of rules.

本文的一个目的就是对各种类别的业务规则进行简要总结，并说明单个与IBM SOA集成的方法如何适应不同类型的规则。

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But the indictment paints another picture of Hall, one of a superintendent with "a single-minded purpose, and that is to cheat, " Howard told reporters last week.

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According to a spokesman, they felt that in past years where they sat on the sidelines, it was because they had nothing new to announce and no real purpose to be in the game justifying the investment for one single day in February.

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The investment vehicle being created by Goldman is intended to pool investors' money to create the legal effect of a single new shareholder in Facebook, since each special-purpose vehicle counts as one shareholder of record.

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