An example of how the connection can influence us is when our weak-ties get in touch and pass on details about jobs they think might be suitable for us.

一个关系如何影响我们的例子就是，与我们有弱关系的人联系我们，并告知他们认为可能适合我们的工作的细节。

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If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance.

比如一个篮球明星为了获得高的个人总得分，他可能会在最好把球传给队友的情况下自己出手，影响球队的表现。

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So just to give an example, if he goes through the hard pass and you defend the hard pass, he loses one of those battalions going over the mountains and the other one because he meets you.

举个例子吧,如果入侵者与你在崎岖之途上狭路相逢,他在翻越山岭时损失一营,与你交战再损失一营

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Your triple by-pass example is spot on but more because it is an example where people have to actively participate in their recovery.

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Cancelling the Salisbury by-pass, for example, will condemn the city to worse traffic jams unless its council takes radical measures to prevent traffic coming into the city centre.

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He voted for the Class Action Fairness Act only after it was clear it would pass, for example, and did so after voting for several Democrat-proposed amendments that would have gutted the bill.

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