Water bottle Rule: how much the bottle contains water depends on its shortest wood.

水桶定律：一只水桶能装多少水，完全取决与它最短的那块木板。

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But Antony Wood, head of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an industry association based in Chicago, says technological limitations no longer rule out such towers.

但是Antony Wood，高层建筑理事会，一个芝加哥工业协会的主管，说科技的局限性不再把这样的高楼排除在外。

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The rule was simple: the larger it was and the more expensive the wood, the grander its occupant.

规则很简单：桌子越大，木材越昂贵，其占有者就越是位高权重。

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