In Europe and Japan, universities are answerable only to a Ministry of Education, which sets academic standards and distributes money.

在欧洲和日本，大学只对制定学术标准和分配资金的教育部负责。

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In 2016, only one fourth of Chinese cities met the country's air quality standards, according to a survey of 338 cities nationwide from the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

根据环境保护部对全国338个城市的调查，2016年，只有四分之一的中国城市达到了国家的空气质量标准。

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Dark patterns also can be addressed on a self-regulatory basis, but only if organizations hold themselves accountable, not just to legal requirements but also to industry best practices and standards.

黑暗模式也可以在自我监管的基础上得到解决，但前提是各组织要自己担负起责任，不仅要遵守法律要求，还要遵守行业最佳实践和最高标准。

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It is precisely he believes this latitude that makes political communities not only sites of agreement over shared standards but also as he says sites of moral contestation over justice and injustice.

正是这种,他认为的转圜,使政治社群,不只是共享标准合意的所在,更是如他所言,公正与不公之,道德争论的所在。

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At the end of the day we'll only raise standards if we support our teachers.

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Similarly, we were also sure that sentences of the right quality could end this hideous endless war, if only certain standards were adopted at the higher levels.

NEWYORKER: The King of Sentences

The new emissions standards are only one of several new standards imposed by the EPA over the past two years.

FORBES: Utilities Resist New Toxic Emissions Regulations