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基本解释

I advise against evaluating the fingerprint images illustrated in this report as if they were the actual source material.
我建议不要用这份报告中的指纹图片做评估，它们不是实际的原始材料。
Of course, the subjectivity of such a statement can’t be ignored – not to mention the somewhat dubious nature of the source material.
当然，我们不能忽视这样一种研究的主观性---更不要提资料来源本身就有点值得怀疑。
He likes the idea of a 2, 000-word article backed by 25, 000 words of source material, and says there is no reason why you can’t provide that on the internet.
他崇尚这样一种观点:一篇2,000字的文章应该有25,000字的原始材料作为支撑。他还说,你完全有理由在互联网上提供这些原始材料。

They have a material that supplies electrons and a power source that lifts the energy level of those electrons.
Okay, so when you are working with source material that looks like this, there is in fact no such thing as infinite zoom in computer science.
当我们处理,这样的原数据时，事实上计算机科学中,并不存在无限放大。
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And source critics looking at this material discern numerous, diverse sources that are interwoven throughout.
一些材料批评学家认为这个故事，是由很多素材交织在一起的而成的。
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Assuming not, might it also help to more accurately date the composition of the source material?
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