The bad news is our pair-bond is designed to last for as long as it takes our offspring to reach some level of independence.

不幸的是这种双纽带仅仅是用来维持到我们的后代达到一定的独立性为止。

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He argues that "most software built for large Numbers of users or designed to last indefinitely fails at both goals anyway."

他认为“大多数以为大规模用户使用或者以永久使用为目标的软件一般都会已失败而告终。”

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Originally designed to last for a year, the London Eye, like that other “temporary” attraction, the Eiffel Tower, is not going anywhere.

正如另一个“临时”景点埃菲尔铁塔一样，起初设计只使用一年的“伦敦眼”会呆在原地，再也不会走了。

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And the Jordanian monarch came to the White House last week as a prelude to a new round of personal diplomacy by the president designed to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track.

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Zigbee devices are designed to last five years on a pair of AA batteries.

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Rebuilt roads would be designed to last longer between repairs, probably with higher initial costs.

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This morphed into a two hour phone call originally designed to last just a few minutes.

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