Because that crown is gained not by having the most desirable handsets (though that certainly helps, indirectly), but by having the lowest average selling price.

因为要取得这顶王冠不是靠那些高端手机(尽管也能间接帮助)，而是靠低端手机的价格优势。

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Humans have always depended on energy from the sun, though it was exploited mostly indirectly for thousands of years.

人类一向依靠阳光能源，不过几千来主要为间接利用。

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This means that a class can directly extend only one parent (though, of course, it may indirectly extend many ancestors).

这意味着，类只可以继承一个父类（虽然它可能间接地继承许多祖先）。

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Investors pay indirectly, though, because the companies in which they invest must pay for the ratings.

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Finally, the cost of the options does not appear on the company's income statement--though it winds up costing the shareholders indirectly, as their percentage ownership in the company becomes diluted by the shares bought by company executives.

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However, the constraints of some African societies can't and will never stop me from doing what I believe is right though, whether we like it or not we are directly or indirectly accountable to society.

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