In 'I met him in town', the word 'him' is the direct object.

在I met him in town中，him是直接宾语。

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No one disputes the direct linkage between the unemployment rate and crime.

谁都不会质疑失业率与犯罪之间的直接联系。

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He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.

他没有直接回家，而是在市郊绕了一段路。

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The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

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But what's new is we can now in different ways see the direct effects of mental life.

但最新的情况是,我们现在可以从不同的角度出发,探究心理活动所带来的直接影响

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Yeah. Well. there's the direct Royal Family,

好的。有直系皇室，

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The direct negotiations that will start tomorrow must show results -- and sooner rather than later.

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She said her home was among the first in the direct path of the fire.

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The lower the interest rate the lower the direct cost of investment for US firms.

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