With all this “mixing, ” “remixing, ” “mashing-up, ” and “re-appropriating” going on, is it possible today’s writers are ceding too much of their artistic prerogative to existing ideas and material?

随着所有这种“混音”，“重新混音”，“拌酱”和“重占”等继续下去，我们当代的作家们是否有可能在将太多的艺术专利割让给现有的观念和材料？

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Our ancestors, known to be herbivores, needed strong molars for mashing up and chewing plant material.

我们的祖先是草食动物，因此需要强壮的磨牙来混合和咀嚼植物。

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What I tried to do is unify information collection, transformation, and mashing up in a unified fashion.

我要做的就是统一信息采集、转换和混合成统一的风格。

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Those seeking inspiration for the perfect pitch or prank might look at Itsthisforthat.com, which generates often absurd capsule descriptions of Internet start-ups by mashing up existing business concepts and buzzwords.

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"We're putting everyone in a blender and mashing it up, " says Elliott Bisnow, cofounder and self-described schmoozer.

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While there are certainly highly-skilled and in-demand professionals who are able to parlay their hired-gun status into big paydays or renaissance workers who are mashing up day jobs and dream jobs, those who benefit financially from the gig economy are in the minority.

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