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Jobs and economic growth are related only tangentially to the policy debate .

就业和经济发展同政策辩论并没有直接联系。

Yet when death came , it was only tangentially associated to his condition .

当死神降临时，他的死因与他的状况仅有一丝联系。

Against all odds , this year 's publishing sensation is a trio of thrillers by a dead swede relating tangentially to human trafficking and sexual abuse .

一位过世瑞典作家的惊悚小说三部曲拨云见日成为今年出版界的轰动事件，它们与人口贩卖和性虐待有着耐人寻味的联系。

And proceeds to make a decision based only tangentially on his response .

但随后做出的决定又和他们的回答毫不相干时。

After all , it makes little sense for such an important issue to be tackled tangentially through a 40-year-old law .

毕竟，通过一个40年的法律去直接处理这么重要的问题会显得没有意义。