| 1. | Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the business. |
| 我们的副经理是公司的实际负责人。
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| 2. | A virtual state of war exists between the two countries. |
| 这两国间实际上处于战争状态。
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| 3. | The term "National Front "is in use as a virtual synonym of "fascist" |
| “民族阵线”（指英国一右翼政党）实际上被用做“法西斯主义者”的代名词。
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| 4. | But other suns, start as the astronomers call them, are bound to have planets like our own, and as is the number of stars in the universe is so vast, this possibility becomes virtual certainty. |
| 但是，其他的太阳，既天文学家所说的恒星，肯定会有像我们地球一样的行星。因为宇宙中恒星的数目极其庞大，所以存在着产生生命星球的这种可能性是肯定无疑的。
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| 5. | But the chances are against it, and there is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive, however lucky and robust we are. |
| 但这种可能性很小。不管我们多么幸运，多么健壮，我们所希望的长寿实际上是有限度的。
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