The ice over military ties may not thaw as easily as in previous cold snaps.

军事关系上的坚冰可能不会像之前的寒流那样容易融化。

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So the ice over military ties may not thaw as easily as in previous cold snaps.

所以军事关系上的寒冰可能不会像之前的寒流那样容易的融化。

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That might not seem a big percentage, but the hit rate will get better as face-recognition software improves and more snaps are uploaded.

这个比率似乎并不算高，但如果面部识别软件得以改进，从网上下载的照片更多，则识别率将会有很大的提升。

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If you think about it like a rubber band, maybe the more we can stretch the rubber band the better; but if you stretch too far and the rubber band snaps, that's not good, that's bad.

你可以想象一个橡皮筋,也许把它伸展得越长越好,但是你把它伸展得过长,以至绷断,那就不好,那很糟糕

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