Whatever the convention is within a system of differences, that's what makes the sign intelligible.

这些惯例存在于一个有差别的系统中，这就让符号变得有意义了。

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That great deal of specificity implies that heat is also path-dependent and again we have the convention that if heat is added to the system, the quantity is greater than zero.

热也是与路径有关的,根据通常的习惯,如果我们对系统加热，其符号取为正。

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This system has worked well for twenty years now but it is being superseded by another Basel Convention -Basel II -which has been going on for some years now.

至今这个体系已经良好运作了20年,但是它即将被另一个巴塞尔公约所取代,新巴塞尔协议,其实它已经实施了好几年

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Mr Shiner said the Scottish fees system contravened the European Convention on Human Rights and could also be in breach of Britain's Equality Act.

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Through a specific system for monitoring the Convention established by UNESCO - which was the first of its kind in monitoring and evaluation of United Nations conventions - individual reports will be presented.

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By migrating to an online-based system, the city not only successfully hosted the convention, but now has a permitting system in place that continues to pay dividends in supporting other major events held in the city annually, helping attract tourism and economic investment.

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