They always mean or signify far more than they're supposed to if their job is simply to make a comparison.

他们总是比简单的完成一个比喻,而一位或者代表了更多的深层含义。

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So, whether or not the email is addressed specifically to you in like the two field or if maybe you were BCC'd or it's a big email list of which you're just part, that could signify that this is in fact useful for you.

所以，不管这个邮件是不是,单独发给你的,或者这个邮件有一个大的邮件列表,而你正在其中，其实这也暗示了,这个邮件对你是有用的。

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And so Milton writes : "And when we return to our native Olympus" and in a classically oriented poem such as this a phrase like "our native Olympus" would always serve to signify the Christian heaven.

所以在83页他写到：,“当我们回到奥林匹斯山“,在古典主义的诗里，如这句,“我们的奥林匹斯山“通常象征着基督教的天堂。

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Two ears signify an even better result, while the tail represents the peak of recognition.

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Common and often inconsequential in early pregnancy, later on it can signify serious problems.

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The victory is celebrated by firecrackers and lights to signify the triumph of good over evil.

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