减税可能会起到一些刺激作用。

It is possible that a tax cut might have some stimulative effect.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

他在谈判中起到了至关重要的作用。

He played a leading part in the negotiations.

《牛津词典》

这些单位在军事行动中起到了主要的职能作用。

These units played a key functional role in the military operation.

《牛津词典》

Both Hartman and Fish argued that the rhetorical strategies of Milton's similes work to reinforce the theological categories of good and evil.

哈特曼和费什都论述到这里修辞上的策略,起到了加强,善与恶在神学层面上的区分。

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This of course brings us to the issue of "gaps" and the role that they play in the act of reading as Iser understands it.

这理所当然地把我们引到了“间隙“的问题上“,以及照伊瑟尔的理解,间隙在阅读中起到的作用。

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Peter is one of those cases in European history where one person's personality and interest does make an enormous difference.

彼得是欧洲历史上那些,凭借自己的个性和喜好,起到重大影响的例子之一

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