The small number of American farmers is, paradoxically, a factor that facilitates their obtaining transfer payments from taxpayers.

促进农民获得税收转移支付的一个原因居然是因为美国农民数量太小，这是很荒谬的。

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This is all information that requires transfer, sometimes in relatively small discrete packets, and sometimes in much larger blocks of data.

这些需要传输的信息有时候是非常小的包，有时候又是大段的数据。

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Small boats, like the Explorer, have a better chance of being able to transfer their passengers if they get into difficulties.

还有，在遇到危难时，像“探索者号”一样的小船更适合转移乘客。

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To test the jam for doneness, carefully transfer a small representative half-spoonful of jam to one of your frozen spoons.

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However, they transfer very small amounts of information locally, require new hardware for both consumers and merchants and, though useful, are limited in their scope and flexibility.

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These realignments affected all of Dell's operating segments, but primarily consisted of the transfer of small office business customers from the Small and Medium Business segment to the Consumer Segment.

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