The Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO), a trade group, assured members that this was just a "preliminary step" in a longer battle.

贸易组织生物技术产业组织向其成员保证，这只是一场长期斗争的“前奏”。

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Of course, actual performances of E-marketing are far more than these, but it is a preliminary step for small and middle-sized enterprises to establish an E-marketing system.

当然，真正的网络营销范畴远不止这些，但针对一般的中小型企业，这就是一个建立网络营销体系的基本步骤。

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To get a full understanding of the reaction thrust generated by water jet is the preliminary step that has to be taken before the designs of water jet cutting systems and jet propulsion systems.

认识并掌握水射流产生推进力的机理，是进行水射流切削系统和水射流推进系统设计的基础。

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They are seen as a preliminary step in an investigation into suspected anti-competitive practices.

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When this final preliminary step is attained, all that is needed to create a eusocial colony is for the parents and offspring to stay at the nest and cooperate in raising additional generations of young.

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The decision - a preliminary step in the French judicial process - was made by two examining judges, pursuing a series of related corruption cases, who questioned him at his home near Bordeaux in southwest France.

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