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1·To prove that factor a has no effect whatever on outcome b may be important in the sense that it refutes a hypothesis.

证明因素 a 对结果 b 没有任何影响可能是重要的，因为它驳斥了一个假设。

2·Time is so valued in America, because by considering time to be important one can clearly achieve more than if one wastes time and doesn't keep busy.

在美国，时间如此宝贵，因为将时间视为重要的事情的人，显然比“浪费”时间而无所事事的人能取得更大的成就。

3·Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly, within milliseconds.

快速决策可以是重要的防御机制；在判断某人是否是个危险人物时，我们的大脑和身体会自发地在几毫秒内做出快速反应。

4·Alternatively, small mammals such as mice and ground squirrels are important in the diet of many waterfowl-nest predators and can themselves be important predators of songbird nets.

另外，小型哺乳动物，如老鼠和地松鼠是许多水禽捕食者的重要食物，它们自己也可能是鸣禽网的重要捕食者。

5·First came the steamboat; although flatboats and keelboats continued to be important until the 1850's steamboats eventually superseded all other craft in the carrying of passengers and freight.

首先是蒸汽船，虽然1850年时蒸汽船最终取代了所有用来运载乘客和货物的船只，随后平底船和龙骨船仍然相当重要。

6·Steel used to be important in South Wales.

以前钢铁工业在南威尔士很重要。《牛津词典》

7·The status quo can be problematic, since a change in the course of action can sometimes be important and lead to a positive outcome.

现状可能是有问题的，因为行动过程中作出改变有时很重要，并会带来积极的结果。

8·This will be important to try and understand the French revolution, La Revolution Francaise, that there's a difference between absolutism and despotism.

这对于尝试理解法国大革命很重要，“La Revolution Francaise”，即绝对主义和专制主义是有区别的。

9·Why would that be important?

为什么说这个重要呢？

10·The breakdown could be important.

这一市场细分可能是重要的。