Third, primary groups are fundamental because they serve as powerful instruments for social control.

第三，初级群体是基础，因为他们是社会控制的有力工具。

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His research can serve as a valuable reference for the UN to control the spread of EBOLA, a deadly virus.

他的实验能够为联合国提供宝贵的参考，帮助控制埃博拉这一致命病毒的传播。

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Contraception may be feasible — but will only serve to control Numbers in the future and not do much to help ease elephant Numbers in the short term.

避孕的方法虽然比较可行，但这只能在未来对大象的繁殖起到控制作用，而对目前短期内减少大象数量不会有太大帮助。

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Among these, Brazil is exceptional in that many of its dams also serve to control river levels and provide irrigation, thus making them hard to regulate satisfactorily if privatised.

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Evil is epitomized by these greedy and selfish forces that must be brought under control to serve common interests.

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That provides a modicum of narrative control that will only serve the company well as the week wears on.

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