They actually can be used in a court of law as a stage toward arriving at a verdict.

这些词在法庭上,指审判前的一个程序。

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We've identified many drugs that stimulate insulin receptors, for example, but they're not exactly insulin, and those can potentially be used as agonist type drugs.

我们已经设计了很多,能够激活胰岛素受体的药物,但它们都不是和胰岛素分毫不差的,但都可以用作激动剂类药物

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He speaks in a language of math and it is very important for students to be able to have hot copies so that they can take notes on the paper rather than be working very hard to copy down the equations that he used in these lectures.

他以数学语言授课,所以发给学生教学材料,是非常重要的,这样就可在纸上做笔记,而不用拼命,抄下他在课上,用到的等式。

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So the strong classical conditioning stories about fetishes and fears sound silly and extreme and they probably are but at the same time classical conditioning can be used at least to shape the focus of our desires and of our interests.

用经典条件作用来解释恋物癖和恐惧,听起来很蠢也很极端,或许是这样,但至少经典条件作用,能够使我们产生,对欲望和兴趣的关注。

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