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Two times pi , not pi itself , is the truly sacred number of the circle , palais contended .

帕莱索声称，2π，而不是π本身，才是圆的那个真正神圣数字。

A scientist at bristol-myers squibb , using results from his lab , contended that ctla-4 increased the activity of t-cells and the immune system .

美国百时美施贵公司的一名科学家引用其实验室的研究结果，声称ctla-4能增强t细胞和免疫系统的活性。

The real problem , he contended , is that banks all over the world made wrong-headed loans that have now come back to haunt them .

他声称，真正的问题在于，世界各地的银行过去草率发放了太多判断失误的贷款，这些贷款如今又回来困扰它们。

Environmental campaigners and anti-kremlin political activists contended there were other less damaging routes that could have been chosen .

环保人士和反政府的政治积极分子主张有另外线路可以选择从而减少破坏。

Josephson contended that most americans are too apathetic about ethical shortcomings among young people and in society at large .

约瑟夫森主张，大多数美国人对年轻人中间道德缺陷态度冷漠，并成为社会的普遍现象。