We often found these posted examples helpful; if not directly, they often gave us ideas to help us tackle the problem we were trying to solve.

我们常常发现所发布的这些示例很有帮助；它们通常都能为我们提供一些参考，帮助我们解决我们一直苦思冥想的问题。

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Since forests are, if not directly, at least indirectly related to nearly every human endeavor, it is not difficult to trace a line between most any business and forests.

鉴于森林(若非直接)至少间接地与几乎所有人类活动相关，因此不难发现大多数企业与森林之间都存在某种联系。

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If your neighbours are playing loud music that you do not like, ask them politely to turn down the music instead of calling the police directly for help.

如果你的邻居大声播放你不喜欢的音乐，礼貌地要求他们把音乐关小，而不是直接报警求助。

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In a country the size of western Europe, we can't be everywhere at the same time, and the hotline allows them to call in no matter where they are and to ask usthe information that we can provide -- even if we're not necessarily able to provide the services directly."

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If it was directly transcribed there'd be regions that are important for making insulin and regions that are not.

如果直接转录的话,那被转录的序列中就会既包括了,和生成胰岛素有关的重要区域,也包括了与之无关的区域

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If you're -a professor shouldn't be paid by the students, at least not directly.

如果你是...,教授不能由学生支付薪水,至少不能直接支付

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Mathematicians develop a powerful attachment to elegance and depth, which are in tension with, if not directly opposed to, mechanical calculation.

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Even if not directly threatened with a weapon, many students are nonetheless aware of the presence of guns and knives on their campus.

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Or, just to be simple, let us say that all of the repatriated profits ended up, even if not directly, in the pockets of shareholders.

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