Now love may serve as a point of departure, but there is a more basic one.

爱可以是出发点，但是还有一个基本出发点。

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As a point of departure, space intended for a corridor to one of the penthouses could now be used to house the mechanical and electrical systems.

而拟建其中一间阁楼的走廊的空间现在可以用来装配机械和电子系统。

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Instead, each chapter USES one of the naturalist's other books as a point of departure for a meandering, but ultimately enlightening, natural-history lesson.

书中的每一章节都以达尔文另一部著作为出发点，对自然史加以讨论：虽然篇幅可能略显冗长，但最终却发人深省。

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The common vision that we used as a point of departure we have confirmed today.

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Authors of the current version, led by Barda Nawawi Arief of Diponegoro University in central Java, used that draft as a point of departure.

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The exhibit wisely takes Gilgamesh as a point of departure.

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