The new dictionary tool provides less information than the old version did, some people complained.

一些人抱怨新的字典工具相对于旧的而言提供的信息更少。

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The source data may exhibit validation errors or it may be in a less canonical form than what is required by the new tool.

源数据可能出现确认错误或者达不到新工具所要求的规范格式。

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The final result actually ended up much less "collage" than I expected but still served its purpose as a design tool.

最后呈现的“拼贴感”比我预期的要少许多，但仍然达到作为一个设计工具进行使用的目的。

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But only in the past 10 years, with the advent of detailed statistical analysis, has the shift become a tool employed against the less pull-happy hitters.

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He also argued that the RAF offered a "flexible political and military tool", whose use was often less costly in every sense than the large-scale commitment of ground forces.

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Up until now ESRI's software has been a tool for geo-geeks, many of whom have gone in for some training in GIS. Its maps are far less sleek and responsive than the simpler Google and Yahoo maps.

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