While costs have plunged thanks to layoffs, debt reduction and plant closings, the company's North American operation is a shell of its former self.

虽然通过裁员、削减债务和关闭工厂大幅降低了成本，但通用汽车北美业务现在只是徒有其表。

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Boasting a green, self-sustaining environment for guests, the shell-shaped hotel would withstand tidal waves and other natural disasters.

方舟旅馆呈贝壳状，据说其中还有专为宾客开辟了可自我维持的绿色环境，旅馆本身可抵御潮汐波和其他自然灾难。

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Linux provides several ways to package your application, such as a tarball, self-installing shell script, or RPM.

Linux提供了几种方法对应用程序进行打包，例如tarball、自行安装的shell脚本或RPM。

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"One minute Bale's Patrick is a cowering corporate geek and self-described empty shell, the next an arrogant, name-dropping smoothie, the next a hysterical wimp unable to distinguish reality from fantasy, " it said.

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But the FORM 1 isn't just razzle-dazzle, underneath that outer shell is that self-developed technique for bringing stereolithography to the masses, and seeing it in action is as hypnotic as it is innovative.

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And as the economy changed, a lot of people wrote off Cleveland as a shell of its former self.

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