The earliest skaters probably regarded their skates as a means of transport.

Cheques have largely replaced money as a means of exchange.

作为交易方式,支票已经很大程度地取代了现金.

Parallel programming developed as a means of improving performance and efficiency.

为了提高程序的性能和效率,并行编程应运而生.

Do you agree that teachers should use corporal punishment as a means of discipline?

你同意教师应当使用体罚作为(使学生遵守)纪律的手段 吗 ?

He talks about syndicated loans as a means of financing major projects.

向采访者介绍用辛迪加贷款为大型项目融资的情况.

Bernard said that he had stolen it as a means of getting in touch with Edouard.

伯纳德说明他之所以窃包,完全是为了以此来接近爱德华.

It was introduced as a means of obtaining information.

它被用作一种获得案情的方法.

Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.

贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段.

The army had perfected the use of terror as a means of controlling the population.

军队已经深谙利用恐怖手段控制民众之道。

Fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.

写小说作为一种谋生手段绝非易事.

As a result, the bad thing has been turned into a good one.

结果坏事变成了好事.

Many boys tend to bend the corners of book pages over and, as a result, damage their books fast.

许多男孩子都有折书角的习惯, 结果书破损得很快.

There was a substantial growth of industry and foreign trade increased as a result.

由于工业的大发展,对外贸易也发展了.

His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat.

他的汽车报警器连着响了两天，结果电池耗没电了。

The government appears to have miscalculated and bills are higher as a result.

政府好像计算失误，结果导致支出有所增加。

As a result, services have been drastically reduced.

结果是服务业急剧萎缩。

The programme is now seven years behind schedule as a result, firstly of increased costs, then of technical problems.

该项目现已经比预定时间晚了7年，原因首先是因为成本增加，其次是由于技术问题。

Cattle as a result of favoritism and bribery Gao, under the pretext of no evidence, inadmissible.

牛成因受贿赂偏袒高家, 借口没有实证, 不予受理.

Install than boiling as a result of container transport cost tall, without predominate.

由于集装箱运输成本比滚装高, 没有成为主流.

Numerous houses collapsed as a result of the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976.

在1976年,无数的房屋因唐山地震而倒坍.

He lost his job as a result of the dispute.

由于这次争端,他的工作丢掉了.