Usually, the important things own many specific names, while the less important things only have some general names.

通常，重要的东西有许多特定的名称，而不那么重要的东西只有一些通用的名字。

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They throw away all the less-used things, or some things that are not necessary.

他们扔掉所有不常用，或一些不必要的东西。

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Some believe that embarrassing things will become less embarrassing once everyone can see everyone else's faults - the Internet as community of the flawed.

有些人认为让我们尴尬的事情将不再那么尴尬因为每个人都可以在互联网上看到其他人的过错-互联网将变成缺点和错误的集中地。

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This is less of a problem in modern life then it used to be, but because things are supplemented and fortified-- overly so in some cases-- but still the deficiencies are less common then they used to be.

相比过去,这在现代社会中已不太多见,因为如今很多食物有人工添加的微量元素,有些甚至是过度添加了,但相比过去,缺乏微量元素已不那么常见了

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"It just may be that for some of these things, there's less diversity in how you're going to look for them, " says Sullivan.

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Clinicians may not think in these terms but consider some of the less-than-pleasant things they regularly convince patients to endure.

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But the authors are persuasive that some things can be done just as well with less fuel or material: drip irrigation, for example, superwindows, innovative cooling and ventilation systems, integrated fish management, and economic incentives that reward efficiency rather than waste.

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