"He devised a large number of programs for the benefit of farmers, for the benefit of downtrodden people, for health care, for self-help groups of women,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It's a new test, newly devised.

这是一项新发明的测试。

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Like when they devised the first engines or the first nuclear reactors, it didn't work so well at first and then from the experience of many people working on it, over many years, a body of knowledge emerges and that's what we call technology.

这和发明出第一个发动机,或者第一个核反应堆时一样,最开始总是存在很多问题,但随着很多人不断努力去完善它,一种理论体系才得以不断发展,这就是我们所说的科技

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These are the men who know me best, the men who share my values, men who traveled with me, studied with me, have been though pain and happiness with me, men who know my voice" Feiler's wife Linda embraced the idea, and together, they devised some guidelines for whom to ask.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

And what he did there was went to the students, had them take a test and then go to their teachers after and tell the teachers, "Your students just took a new test that was devised-- " a new academic test which is called "the fast spurters' test".

去到学生中间，让他们接受一次测验,然后去找他们的老师并告诉他们，“你们的学生刚接受了一个新测试-,一种新的学业测试，叫作快速迸发者测试。

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