人们能否记住一件事，主要取决于他们早先为信息编码的方式与后来试图检索信息的方式的吻合程度。

Whether people can remember an event depends critically on the fit between the way in which they earlier encoded the information and the way in which they later attempt to retrieve it.

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事情主要取决于当前和谈的结果。

Much turns on the outcome of the current peace talks.

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约翰说：“这些细节主要取决于新闻部主任的意见。”

"These details mostly depend on the opinions of the news director," said John.

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Now that's a lot of your grade to turn on discussion section.

现在主要分数取决于课堂讨论。

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In this case defined chiefly by their intelligence, but other things too. Well, anyway in this case, in Greek political thinking the aristocracy of birth is the default position.

这主要取决于他们的才能,不过也包含其他方面,不管怎样,那个时候在希腊人的政治思维中,贵族统治就是初始的状态

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