Fail—"a noun or interjection used when something is egregiously unsuccessful"—was 2009's the most useful word.

失败——“名词或感叹词，当某事非常不成功时使用”——被评为2009年最有用的单词。

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It \ 's something that sets off a brief episode of powerlessness.

这些事情是引爆让你无能为力的一段简短插曲。

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There ‘s something wrapped up in this piece of silk .

这块绸子里包着东西。

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It is not always clear that eating something as harmless as wheat can be bad for a person's health.

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I did something that's allowed, but something stupid.

我做了件允许做的事情，但是是愚蠢的。

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One group of arguments for the existence of a soul says, "We need to posit a soul in order to explain something, whether it's something everyday or something supernatural."

主张灵魂存在的一方声称,我们必须假设灵魂存在,才能解释一些,司空见惯或是超自然的现象

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It's something that's been loosely discussed a couple of months ago and would be something that Ipswich would have to think about - but commercially it's not ideal.

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It's something that happens in every other sport and it's something that I'd encourage football to do today.

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Happily, though, Synaptics says that's something it's able to fine-tune, depending on whether a PC maker wants a firmer keyboard or something a bit softer. (We say the market has enough flat, lifeless Ultrabook keyboards, but that's just us.) In any case, we hope to test a more polished keyboard sometime later -- one that has all those additional touch-sensitive features enabled.

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