A release candidate can avoid (or be denied) promotion for several reasons, one being performance testing failure.

发布候选版本可以因为多个原因避免(或拒绝)投入生产环境，其中一个原因就是性能测试失败。

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After hearing about Enbrel, Dr. Mann called Immunex in 1994 and proposed testing it in heart failure patients.

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