As a collective, NATO may huff and puff, but the cold fact is that many of its big members need a lot of business with Russia to continue.

作为一个集体，北约也许还可以发发火气，但是冷酷的事实在于很多重量级成员需要继续同俄国人合作。

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Many Wall Street chief executives took a big pay cut for 2009. But their real value may have been in deflecting attention from their troops — who enjoyed the largest collective payday on record.

华尔街很多首席执行长2009年的薪酬都降了不少，但他们的真实身价或许转移了外界对其部下的关注，后者的薪酬总额创下了史上最高纪录。

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The collective abilities of such animals-none of which grasps the big picture, but each of which contributes to the group's success-seem miraculous even to the biologists who know them best.

这些动物说聚集的能力简直不可思议，甚至连研究它们的生物学家也如此认为。它们中没有任何的单一体能够做出惊人的决定，但是它们每个单一体都对群体的成功奉献自己的力量。

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The commune is important in the big Hay Market Affair, the collective memory of the commune in the Hay Market Affair in Chicago and the people hung there in-- when was it--1886.

公社在"干草市场事件"中至关重要,公社的集体记忆在芝加哥"干草市场事件"中,是至关重要的,人们被吊死,时间是...一八八六年

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Since 1978, when the big collective farms were disbanded, the transformation has nearly been completed.

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Local officials often claim to represent the collective and take big cuts from any deals, leaving little to the land users.

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On the other hand, wise leaders see the big picture and put collective interest before any personal goals.

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