The first study of the colossal squid's metabolic system shows that the squid's energy demands likely dictate a slow, aimless existence.

对大王乌贼代谢系统的首个研究表明，乌贼的能量需求很可能决定了它迟钝且漫无目的的生活方式。

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Federal regulations dictate that hospitals start using an entirely new coding system, with more than 155, 000 codes, by October 2013.

美国联邦法律规定，截至2013年10月，医院应开始使用全新的编码系统，其中的编码数量将超过155,000种。

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Such a system might dictate that some people starve from lack of income.

这种市场制度使某些人缺乏收入以致饿死。

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But there is a limit to how much Washington can dictate in a system where so much power lies with the states and those elected judges.

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Any attempt to fiddle the system, dictate prices, favor one industry over another or change preferences in any way creates a distortion which reduces the net satisfaction, aka what people want.

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The owner was in the process of using a speech recognition system to dictate a letter to his girlfriend (no, nothing very steamy), and there at the bottom of the screen was his name (we'll call him Ralph).

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