You might think it's a joke,but Smith and Zeller's experiment has a serious point: can robots and people get along?

你可能认为这是一个笑话，但史密斯和泽勒的实验有一个严肃的观点：机器人和人能相处吗？

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But it is also a house with a serious point to make.

但这栋房子还有一些问题需要考虑到。

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This was, of course, a joke-but it contains a serious point.

当然，这只是一个玩笑，但却寓意深远。

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And that's a serious concern but the fact that the government itself took the lead in bringing that point to public attention suggests in part government's electorate interest So one should not take this all in their mighty actions.

这是个重大问题,但政府自身把这个事实,揭示给大众,说明政府在考虑如何划分选区,才符合自身利益,所以人们不应该将,这种观点带入可能的行为中。

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Mr Davies was keen to stress there was a serious point to the trip.

BBC: Wales politics

This may sound cheeky, but I'm trying to get at a serious point here.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The idea of a broccoli mandate is a whimsical way of making a serious point.

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