Maybe it was the beginning of something better in life, better than you could ever have thought possible before clamping your jaws down over the vital bait.

也许这是更美好生活的开始，要比你闭上嘴、咬住那极为重要的鱼饵之前所能够想到的要好。

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The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.

关于杀手身份的重大线索是他的绰号——花生。

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The vital task was to allow the economy to operate freely at a micro level.

关键任务是要让经济能够在微观层面上自由运转。

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In nineteen ninety seven she helped launched the Vital Voices Democracy Initiative to promote the leadership of women as a foreign policy goal.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

Nutrition is considered the process, the behavioral process by which people require--acquire nutrients, and use them to promote vital activities.

营养作用就是营养的供给和摄取,也就是人们摄取营养,并将其转化为生命力的行为过程

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

They appear in food in pretty small amounts which is why they're the micronutrients;, but they're vital for health, so if you're deficient in micronutrients you've got big problems.

它们在食物中所占比重很小,这也是称它们为"微量元素"的原因,但它们对健康的意义却是至关重要的,如果缺乏微量元素的话会很糟糕

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But it is in the vital interest of the United States that we succeed.

NPR: Text of Bush's State of the Union Address

That last prosaic task both masks and exemplifies the vital role that outsourcers like Aramark play.

FORBES: Sprinklers to sausages

The new Iraqi Navy is now helping protect the vital ports of Basra and Umm Qasr.

NPR: Bush Reaffirms Iraq Strategy