Compared with a hundred years ago, our lives are less tightly bound by social norms and physical constraints.

与一百年前相比，我们的生活不再那么受社会规范和身体限制的束缚。

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Bound in an alliance of mutual benefit, clownfish spend their entire lives with their host anemones, rarely straying more than a few yards from them.

在互利共生的约束中，小丑鱼一生与宿主海葵生活在一起，很少游出超过它们几米的地方。

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A body's bound to get into trouble with 'em, sure.

肯定会遇上麻烦的。

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Points closed with a 6-under 66, the final putt helping him avoid a playoff with Masters-bound Henrik Stenson and Billy Horschel.

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In fairness to officials, negotiating a decades-long contract with a private company is bound to be a tricky exercise requiring plenty of expensive legal gymnastics.

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If the Dutch keeper had been less than assured with Anelka's strike, he was simply sensational as he palmed clear a goal-bound header from Branislav Ivanovic with one hand.

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