Although the elusive "cure" may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing.

尽管难以捉摸的“治愈”仍可能是一个遥远的梦想，然而正确理解癌的本质，能使人类能较好的控制癌症并减少其威胁性。

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Although the ability to play back memories like a movie remains a distant dream, a new study has taken a provocative step in that direction by decoding neural signals for images.

但是一项最新的研究通过解码人类对图像反应的神经信号，让这遥远的梦想的距离又拉近了一步。

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A solar-powered airliner is still a distant dream, but IATA knows that pushing the boundaries of technology will be necessary to help clean up air travel.

太阳能飞机依然是遥远的梦想，但IATA知道，推进科技界线必能协助清洁航空旅行。

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And while 14 countries and 12 U.S. states allow same-sex marriages, in South Korea that appears to be a distant dream for gay couples.

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Although robot butlers remain a distant dream, if people are ever to interact with robots in a comfortable way those robots will need to avoid making users' skins crawl.

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Which is why the president, in a speech on May 30th that was meant to be about European defence, brushed aside Mr Fischer's federal idea as a dream for the distant future.

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