他称它为真空管，因为它只能让电流通过一个方向。

And he called it a valve because it would only allow current to pass in one direction...

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有一位小组成员，他本人是个医生，当他第一次给自己的同事做讲座时，他称它为“新技术”。

When a team member who is a doctor first gave lectures to his fellow doctors, he called it a "new technique".

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在极端和极端之中,人走完了他的历程；,火炮，或火热的呼吸，都会来摧毁、来消灭,白天和黑夜,的自相矛盾；,身躯称它为死亡，心儿称它为悔恨。

Between extremities Man runs his course; A brand, or flaming breath, Comes to destroy All those antinomies Of day and night; The body calls it death, The heart remorse.

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So on the seventh day, God rested from his labors And for this reason he blessed the seventh day and declared it "holy."

在第七天，上帝从劳作中歇息,为此他赐福于第七天，称它为“神圣的“

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