The value of knowledge and the return on the public investment in research depends, in part, upon wide distribution and ready access.

知识是否有价值、以及在科研领域的公共投资是否取得了回报，部分取决于研究的成果是否能够广泛地供应给人们，以及人们是否能够感受到这些研究成果。

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Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny.

利润本年度上升了，但资本收益仍然很少。

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They waste money, and dilute the return on investments.

浪费了资金，降低了投资收益。

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Davis was sure that no good would result from it, not even from stronger laws on the return of escaped slaves.

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It shows the standard deviation of the return on the portfolio as a function of the expected return on the portfolio.

它是投资组合的收益标准差,关于预期收益率的函数图像。

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The return on an investment is how much you made from the investment as a percent of the money invested.

投资的收益是指,你在整个投资中赚的钱占本金的百分比

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As you can see from our test run, the return on investment approaches 30:1.

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But as the lawsuit alleges, the return on these indulgences was worth the investment.

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He says that will slow the return on equity for many of these banks.

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