Seiko wrote there was a similar fire in Kabukicho,Japan in two thousand one: "The building had a fire alarm apparatus but the switch was turned off because of poor maintenance.

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This momentary switch-off between the sun and the poet is just one of this poem's many substitutions.

这种太阳和诗人之间,短暂的互换只是这首诗众多替换中的一个。

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So now it's not just that the on-off switch is stuck in off, the brain's no longer capable of engaging in these higher order P-functions.

所以现在看来就不是开关被卡住，大脑已经不再有能力,实行这些高级的人格功能。

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One way that you could switch this on and off inside the cell is by taking off this phosphorous, proteins enzymes that do this opposite reaction, the opposite to kinases are called phosphokinases.

一种方法是通过去除磷酸基团,来改变细胞内蛋白的状态,催化添加磷酸基团,此逆反应的蛋白酶,能够催化逆反应的激酶叫做磷酸激酶

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You don't need a light switch or a light bulb or an iPhone app to turn something on or off.

你不需要一个电灯开关,或者一个电管,或者打开关闭一个iPhone应用程序。

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Of course, to turn the on-off switch on is harder when somebody's in a coma.

当然要开启这个开关难度更大,当人陷入昏迷。

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The cognitive structures are still there, but the on-off switch is switched to off.

认知结构仍然存在，只是开关还没有被开启。

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It's a bit more-- to continue with the metaphor of the on-of switch-- as though not only is the switch turned to off, there's a lock on the switch.

要继续用开关的比喻-,就有点奇怪了-,似乎开关的上面，还有一个锁定装置。

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