The water-measuring devices of irrigation engineering are the basis of levying water charge, and also an important method of rational regulation of water resources.

灌溉工程的量水设施是计量灌溉用水量，征收水费的依据，也是合理配水调度的重要手段。

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More often than not, however, processes of emotional regulation facilitate rational thought and action.

然而通常情况是，情绪调控过程有利于合理的思维与行动。

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The justices will defer to the legislative choices in this area and uphold laws if there is a rational basis upon which Congress could find a relation between its regulation and commerce.

如果国会有根据，能够找出其法规与商业之间的关系，那么法官将遵从立法机关的选择，并支持该法律。

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The government should also adopt a rational approach to regulation that ensures that plants operate safely while leaving flexibility for operators to find the most cost-effective ways to comply.

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Put another way, how are government regulatory agencies and legislative bodies to be expected to make rational decisions around the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and the oil and gas industry in general when they are bombarded on a daily basis by media reports, blog posts and emails from anti-fractivists that seem more than anything else designed to intentionally mislead them?

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To the contrary, regulation must endeavor to more respectfully, expansively, and creatively accommodate the rational preferences of diverse patients in order to avoid leaving so much opportunity on the table.

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