The important fact is that the two poles of the magnet work in opposite ways.

重要的事实是，磁体两极的运行方式完全相反。

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Surveyors marched inland from the coast for thousands of miles, stopping at increments of as little as a few feet to measure their elevation, and marking each increment with two poles.

测量员从海岸向内陆行进数千英里，每增加几英尺就停下来测量海拔，每增加一英尺就用两根杆子做标记。

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Michelle Obama falls somewhere between the two poles.

米歇尔·奥巴马属于这两极之间的一类。

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These two poles, stasis and dynamism, increasingly define our political, intellectual, and cultural landscape.

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The ultimate fix of the U.S. fiscal imbalance will occur somewhere between two poles.

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Those who make such statements are at the two poles on the ideological continuum.

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