One thing, at least, seems clear: although 3D printing will create winners and losers in the short term, in the long run ,it will expand the realm of industry—and imagination.

至少有一点是很清楚的：尽管3D印刷在短期内会产出成功者和失败者，但是从长远来看，它将扩大产业和想象力的领域。

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One thing, at least, seems clear: although 3d printing will create winners and losers in the short term, in the long run it will expand the realm of industry-and imagination.

至少有一件事是明确无误的：虽然短时间内将有人赢有人输，但是长远来看3d打印技术将拓展整个行业和推动全人类的想象力。

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However well you understand the complexity of choice, and the trade-offs it involves between short - and long-term gains, it's hard not to make certain mistakes.

不管你如何了解选择的复杂性，以及短期和长期的利益之间的权衡，你还是很难避免犯某些特定的错误。

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While the scientific babble may not mean much to you, the long and short of it is that this discovery could "lead to further breakthroughs in invisibility cloaks, which could hide objects from the human eye" and make escaping your troubles quite a bit easier.

ENGADGET: Researchers develop metamaterial with negative refractive index

Citibank, the poster child for sick banks and the victim of a weeks-long short raid, announced that it operated at a profit for the first two months of 2009.

FORBES: Washington Should Stop Favoring Short-Sellers

The long and short of it is, the flu shot seems to be cutting back significantly on flu cases, which will benefit us all.

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