As mass production techniques were refined in the 19th century, the price of pianos dropped to the point that a larger proportion of the population could afford to own them.
随着19世纪大规模生产技术的改进，钢琴的价格下降到更多人都买得起的程度。
When burning occurs, it prevents competition among plant species from progressing to the point where some species exclude others, reducing the overall diversity of the ecosystem.
当发生燃烧时，它阻止了植物物种之间的竞争发展到某些物种排斥其他物种的程度，减少了生态系统的整体多样性。
However, most of the writing is succinct; the historical accounts are clear and to the point; and the investigation of the causal links between liberalism and war is admirably thorough.
然而，大部分文字是简洁的；历史记载清晰而中肯；而且，对自由主义和战争之间因果关系的调查是彻底的，令人钦佩。
I couldn't do the job—I've never been to Spain and, more to the point, I don't speak Spanish.
这个工作我做不了—我从未去过西班牙；而更重要的是，我不会说西班牙语。
His admiration for the athlete did not extend to the point where he would follow his example in taking drugs.
他对这名运动员的崇拜还不至于到效仿他吸毒的程度。
Then I got to the point where I was staying up really late at night to get my work done.
后来，我到了熬夜的地步，深夜才完成工作。
Those scientists very often see the same things that other scientists see, but they pay more attention to them, and they focus on them to the point of exhaustion, and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers.
这些科学家与其他科学家看到的事物常常是相同的，但他们对这些事物更加关注，冒着被同行嘲笑的风险执着到极致。
A couple of years ago film-maker David Bond realized that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say "chocolate" into his three-year-old son's ear without getting a response.
几年前，电影制作人大卫·邦德意识到他的两个孩子（当时分别是5岁和3岁）都离不开屏幕，以至于他对着3岁的儿子的耳朵说“巧克力”都没有回应。
That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
也就是说，事实上唯一给我们家里打电话的人是我们婴儿潮世代的父母。所以我们会玩一个游戏，在拿起电话之前猜是谁在打电话（使用来电显示功能会让游戏失去乐趣）。
I got to the point where I couldn't wait to get home to my books.
我迫不及待地想回家看书。
The homing pigeon is very intelligent and will persevere to the point of stubbornness.
信鸽非常聪明，会坚持到固执的地步。
Usually, a farmer will get to the point where financially, what they're doing is not working.
通常情况下，农民会到达他们所做的事情起不了经济作用的地步。
Shrub expansion in these environments does seem to persist, almost to the point of causing a shift.
在这些环境中，灌木扩张看似会一直持续，几乎都要导致移位了。
They would go to the other extreme, and micro-analyze everything, to the point of complete inaction.
他们会走向另一个极端，对每件事进行细致的微观分析，但到最后却什么都不去做。
God prefers the offering of Abel, and as a result, Cain is distressed and jealous to the point of murder.
上帝更喜欢亚伯的献祭，结果，该隐痛苦和嫉妒到了起杀心的地步。
More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application.
说得更确切些，他还没有决定好申请时所附的个人论文的主题。
Have all marine resources been abused or exploited to the point where the sea can do nothing more for man?
难道所有的海洋资源都被滥用或开发到了海洋对人类无能为力的地步吗？
Late-lying snow reduces the effective growing season to the point where seedlings cannot establish themselves.
迟来的积雪将有效的生长季节缩短至某一程度，使得幼苗无法自行生长。
Have we really gotten to the point that planting a seed can lead to a high-stakes Supreme Court patent lawsuit?
播下一颗种子可能会引起最高法院的一场事关重大的专利诉讼，我们真的已经到了这个地步了吗？
In terms of both structure and theme, the Odyssey and Liked were also oddly formulaic, to the point of predictability.
无论在结构还是主题上看，《奥德赛》和《宠儿》都是非常公式化的，甚至到了可以预见的程度。
These factors have converged to create an increasingly impossible situation with many employees overworking to the point of burnout.
这些因素汇聚在一起，造成了一种越来越不可能的局面，许多员工过度工作甚至到了精疲力竭的地步。
But Brazil's probably in the lead as far as biofuels are concerned—they've got to the point where they don't need to import any oil now.
但就生物燃料而言，巴西可能处于领先地位，因为他们现在根本无需进口石油。
Today technology has progressed to the point where it is possible to invent new building materials to suit the type of structure desired.
今天的技术已经发展到可以发明新的建筑材料来适应所需要的结构类型。
One of them put it like this: "You know, Bob, you can just buy so much stuff, and when you get to the point where you can just buy so much stuff, now what are you going to do?"
其中一个是这样说的：“你知道吗，鲍勃，你可以买这么多东西，当你可以买这么多东西的时候，你会怎么做？”
Unfortunately, pieces of science journalism can also oversimplify and generalize their subject material to the point that the basic information conveyed is obscured or at worst, obviously wrong.
不幸的是，一些科学新闻也会过度简化、概括他们的主题材料，以至于模糊了所传达的基本信息，或者最糟糕的是，传达明显错误的信息。
The cinema did not emerge as a form of mass consumption until its technology evolved from the initial "peepshow" format to the point where images were projected on a screen in a darkened theater.
电影播放技术由最初的“西洋镜”的形式演变而来，直到其发展到一个时期；在这个时期中，影像被投影到幽暗的影院屏幕之上，电影才作为一种大众消费的形式而出现。
Are clients forgiving to the point of naivety?
客户们是因为天真而选择宽恕的吗？
And that brings us to the point of subtraction of vectors.
同时也是，矢量相减的原理。
Even more to the point, does it improve the user experience?
甚至更重要的是，是否改进了用户体验？
Even more to the point, does it improve the user experience?
甚至更重要的是，是否改进了用户体验？
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