The human genome, for example, is thought to owe some 8 percent of its code to endogenous retroviruses.

举个例子来说，人类基因代码有大约8%属于内源性的逆转录病毒。

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I owe everything to him.

我的一切都归功于他。

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As a musician I owe much to the radio station in my home town.

作为一名音乐家，我非常感激我家乡的广播电台。

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The genre is believed to owe its name to Monroe's 1930s band, The Blue Grass Boys.

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One social class does not owe anything to another and we should not feel guilty about pursuing financial interests.

一个社会阶层对另一个阶层并没有亏欠,而且我们也不必为追求经济利益,感到内疚

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They had to cooperate with other people that they owe a debt to society and that that's expressed in taxation.

必须与他人合作,所以他们欠社会的,所以要用纳税来还。

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For starters, consider the question of the "debt" the U.S. is said to owe the UN.

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The first income tax ran from 1% to 7%, though few Americans earned enough to owe anything.

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The root of the word duty is the Latin verb "debere" - "to owe", or "to have to".

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