I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time.

我从来没有见过公众舆论在这么短的时间内发生如此突然的转变。

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Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices.

短信爆炸的背后是我们如何看待移动设备的根本转变。

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Sometimes a sudden shift in color can be used to startle potential predators or threaten intruders.

有时候，色彩的快速变换可以用来惊吓掠食者或威胁入侵者。

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The organization more recently has called for the government to allow unhindered access to aid workers in make-shift camps that house hundreds of thousands of Tamils, including women and children.

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Some abstraction is also apparent in the shift from visual to aural imagery in describing God's self-manifestations or theophanies.

某些抽离在从纳贡者到听见神的自我宣称,或者神显的想像中也是十分明显的。

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A-Yes, so this is what you mean by the parodying shift that we need, A-desperately need in our foreign policy B-Yes.

所以这是您所说的,我们所需要的转变，我们在外交政策方面急需做出的转变。

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But a clutch of Western development officials I've been talking to all acknowledge that the "Madonna Incident" points towards a more general shift - already in progress - away from the top-down aid of past decades and towards a new focus on policy development, partnership and business.

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Many commentators are arguing that what is needed to tackle the problem are not simply measures such as those outlined above, but rather a quantum-shift in the technology of air travel, with a radical re-think not only in how planes are designed, but also what they are actually made of.

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Avnet said the weak profit forecast reflects the lower revenue in the technology solutions group, lower profits margins in the Western regions in electronics marketing due to a weaker sales environment, and a greater-than-expected mix shift in electronics market, with better sales in the lower-margin Asia region more offset by weaker sales in higher-margin Western regions.

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