But practicality is hardly a defining characteristic.

不过实用性却几乎不是一个可以定义的特征。

D. Friendliness is a defining characteristic of affability.

友善是和蔼的必然特征。

And if there's one single defining characteristic among academics, it may be just that.

如果学术界有一个与众不同的特点，可能就是这一点。

That blind adherence to pragmatism may even be the defining characteristic of geek fashion.

盲目坚持实用主义甚至可能是时尚的野人的特征。

I've learned that my height, even as a defining characteristic, is only a part of the whole.

我知道我的身高，尽管是我一个特征，也是我的一部分。

The defining characteristic of the Iranian elite since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini has been its fear of youth.

自从霍梅尼去世后，伊朗精英的特质表现在对青年人的恐惧。

The ability to use prior knowledge when dealing with new situations is a defining characteristic of human intelligence.

在面对新情况时能运用高级的知识解决困难是人类智力的本质特征，而概念的运用使之变得可能。

Years ago, it had occurred to me that Darwin and Nietzsche agreed on one thing: the defining characteristic of the organism is striving.

多年前我就发现，达尔文和尼采有一个观点是一致的：生物体最重要的特征就是奋斗求生。

They have the same number of protons in their nuclei (this is the defining characteristic of an element), but different Numbers of neutrons.

在它们的原子核中质子数是相同的(这是一个元素定义性的特征)，但是中子的数量不同。

SaaS has as its central defining characteristic the ability for customers to use a software application on a pay-as-you-go subscription basis.

SaaS区别于其他应用程序的主要特征就是能够使客户在使用应用程序时按照使用量付费。

After 14 months, the defining characteristic of this financial crisis has been its tendency to change shape and return in ever more virulent form.

14个月之后，危机开始扩大规模并进入更恶性的阶段。

We all talk of interdependence being the defining characteristic of the modern world. But often we fail to see the fundamental implications of such a statement.

我们都在讨论作为当今世界典型特征的相互依赖性，但我们常常无法看到这种说法的基本含义。

I think one defining characteristic could be requiring a larger and larger dose to get the same effect, and having severe withdrawal effects if you don't take it.

我想一个人要定义特性需求更大的剂量，如果你不服用则可能会反弹。

Such emergence is the defining characteristic of complex systems : systems with emergent properties of the system as a whole that aren’t properties of any part of the system.

这类变化确定了复杂系统的特征：系统具有各种变化的属性，但这些属性综合起来却不同于任何部分的属性。

The belief that we can always start over – that things can always be made better – has been a defining characteristic of the United States and, at times, our greatest strength.

我们的信念在于随时可以重新开始——事情可能总是做的更好——这是美国一个最重要的特征，有时还是我们最大的长处。

A defining characteristic of a pandemic is the almost universal vulnerability of the world's population to infection. Not all people become infected, but nearly all people are at risk.

流行病的一个定义特性是它几乎能导致全球人口被感染，不是所有人都会被感染，但所有人有面临着被感染危险。

The defining characteristic of a rope is that it does away with this restriction, instead allowing fragments of the rope to reside noncontiguously and joining them using concatenation nodes.

rope 的关键特点就是它突破了这个限制，允许一个 rope 的各个片断离散地存放，并通过 连接节点（concatenation node）连接它们。

Conclusion There are MRI characteristic features in spinal hemangioblastoma, MRI is useful in defining the location and extent of a lesion and making the surgical planning.

结论脊髓血管母细胞瘤的MRI表现具有特征性。MRI还有利于明确肿瘤的位置和范围，以及外科治疗计划的制定。

To introduce the defining , characteristic and classification of Liquid Crystal Polymer and its molecule composite briefly .

简介液晶高分子及其分子复合材料定义、特性和分类；

First reflection waveform characteristic parameters that exhibit lithologic variation are determined by defining geological characters of seismic horizon with the aid of waveform analysis.

首先利用波形分解确定地震反射层的地质属性，找出能反映岩性变化的反射波波形特征参数；

The characteristic parameters defining the confidence are presented in this paper, the formulae are derived, the numerical values are calculated, and all of these are further proved by experiments.

本文提出量仪示值变差检定置信度的表征参数，导出计算公式，计算出参数的数值并进行了验证实验。

Performing public duty is an inherent characteristic of state personnel and an essential criterion in defining a civil servant.

“从事公务”是国家工作人员的本质特征，是界定国家工作人员范围的基本依据。

Defining the characteristic points in a system property curve is the key to judge the run-state of the system.

系统特性曲线特征点的确定，是正确判定系统运行状态的关键。

So, the article introduces the academic basic of lowest housing security at first, defining the lowest housing security, anglicizing the characteristic of this definition.

基于这样的认识，本文首先阐述了最低住房保障制度的理论依据，界定了最低住房保障制度的概念，分析了这个概念的基本特征。

This thesis takes the oil financialization as the researching object, on the basis of defining its intension, analysis it's characteristic detailed;

本文首先在对其内涵进行界定的基础上，较为详细的分析了石油金融化的特征；