The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker.

印刷字无法替代与伟大思想家的当面交流。

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Of course, computer simulations are not a substitute for hard evidence.

当然，计算机模拟并不能代替确凿的证据。

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Marconi's conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation.

马可尼构想的无线电是作为电话的替代品，一种私人交谈的工具。

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And people are gonna have to learn about sablefish - which is a beautiful substitute for it, but yet it's not commonly known."

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But again, attending to the slides is not a substitute for attending class.

但我要强调,看课件绝对不可能替代上课

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I don't know that I have an answer to this, but perhaps the Republic as a whole is itself a piece of this Socratic poetry that will substitute for the Homeric kind.

我不确定我对这有预备答案，但也许整部《理想国》,就是一部苏老式的诗学,用以取代荷马史诗。

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The same thing occurred as the cell phone evolved from a substitute for telephone land-lines and handsets to a substitute for cameras, calculators, music players, game players, personal digital assistants and much more.

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XML, the human voice becomes a substitute for a computer mouse and the spoken command for a click.

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So as he came back into the UK, this was picked up by the immigration authorities and the assumption was that the returning boy was a substitute either for a boy unrelated to the family or for one of the mother's nephews.

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