Privatization goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.

私有化与他们反对产业私有制的原则相违背。

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A key design decision is the grain of aggregate tables.

一个关键设计决策是汇总表的粒度。

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This is an important step. We must find the grain of the paper.

这个步骤很重要，必须要找到纸的纹理。

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Researchers compared the use of fertilizer in three areas that grow maize as a major grain: China,Kenya and the United States.

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The second kind of offering that's described is the grain offering.

第二章供奉被形容为粮食供奉。

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There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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And such a stimulus would cut against the grain of reducing the debt and the deficit.

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Speaking up to express an opinion that may go against the grain of consensus takes courage.

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But by playing favourites and discriminating against everyone else, such deals cut against the grain of globalisation.

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