At the moment, candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem-solving abilities.

目前，候选人的选拔标准相当严格，比如过往的学术和职业表现，以及分析和解决问题的能力。

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The database configuration parameter LOGRETAIN must be set to RECOVERY prior to splitting the mirror if it is intended to be initialized as standby or mirror database.

如果打算将镜像初始化为备用数据库或镜像数据库，那么在分割镜像之前，必须将数据库配置参数LOGRETAIN设置为RECOVERY。

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Prior to the 5.0 release, you couldn't set the layout manager of the frame or add components directly to the frame.

在5.0版本之前，无法设置帧的布局管理器或者直接将组件添加到帧中。

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I don't know who's coming next class, or what but I'll set up a few minutes prior, at the beginning of the class, for people just to introduce themselves to the person next to them so they have some sort of resource in the class.

我不知道下节课会有谁来,有什么情况,不过我会在课程开始的时候,先安排几分钟,让你们向前后左右的同学,进行一番自我介绍,这样你们就能在这个班里,认识一些新同学了

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