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XML was, of course, designed to express complex and specialized structures for content, and it seems a step backward to use a far less expressive construct just to embed the structure within HTML.

当然，XML 是设计用于表示复杂的和专有的内容结构的，而且它似乎倒退了一步，使用表现力更弱的结构却只是为了在 HTML 中嵌入这些结构。

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While moderately expert users were unlikely to have a problem, from a security standpoint, InformationWeek found Firefox 3 a step backward.

可是较为专业的用户在安全问题上可并不想有任何问题，这是信息周发现的火狐3的退步。

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So some might be forgiven for thinking they were taking a backward step bringing their hour-long show, entitled Chase the Dream, Not The Competition, to Edinburgh's Udderbelly, which holds just 410 people.

BBC: TV dance troupe Flawless in 'clever' Fringe move

Philip Ruddock, the immigration minister, has taken a backward step by introducing a kind of second-class citizenship for some refugees.

ECONOMIST: Huddled masses

This is -- would be a giant step backward.

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