On a geologic time scale, the recent, human-induced planetary warming has been quite sudden, and the huge ice sheets have only just started to respond.

从地质时间的尺度来看，近来人类活动引起的地球变暖现象是相当突然的，巨大的冰盖这才刚刚开始有所反应。

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Without male hormone receptors to respond to testosterone, the researchers started to suspect androgen receptors were not the players they had been assumed to be.

没有雄激素受体对雄激素发生反应，研究者开始想到雄激素受体并非他们原来想象得那样起作用。

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If TB is found, treatment will be started with the drugs to which the person's TB is most likely to respond.

如果发现患有结核，将开始用这个人的结核最有可能作出应答的药物进行治疗。

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Police officers also started to respond more quickly to reports of missing children, experts said.

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The Transportation Security Administration, which has recently started to respond more aggressively to constant criticism by fringe bloggers and right wing ideologues, is now taking on a powerful congressman.

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"You reach a point where people get dulled to the whole thing and stop listening to the attacks, " acknowledged Fletcher, who said Baesler started it and he was forced to respond.

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