Even if ALH84001 really is the dead end some argue, the work has been worth it.

虽然对ALH84001的研究确实像许多人说的是死胡同，但这项研究还是值得去做的。

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At the dead end she retraces her path, reeling in the string, until she reaches the previous intersection.

到达死胡同时，她按原路返回，在把线绕上，直到到达前一个交汇点。

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The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.

我们想走的头一条路结果是条死胡同。

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There seemed to be no end to the demand for men to fill the places left empty by dead and wounded soldiers.

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The animal that eats its offspring, those genes are a biological dead end.

吃掉自己后代的动物，他们的基因走进了生物学的死胡同。

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And at the end of the process, by Bn, the body's dead.

在这个过程的最后,也就是Bn,身体死亡了

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As a result, the young were eager for fresh thinking a way to escape the dead end of radical Islam.

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There are up to a dozen possible routes, and the direct one versus the scenic one versus the loop-de-loop versus the dead end changes from person to person.

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Calculating politicians and a vicious media make sure that citizens retreat from empathy, which offers the only path to unity, and arrive at the dead end of argument and grievance.

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