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Spencer has posted a critique of the Dessler paper, “The Dessler Cloud Feedback Paper in Science: A Step Backward for Climate Research, ” on his blog.
斯宾塞在他博客中对于德赛尔的论文提出批判，“在科学上的德赛尔云层辐射报告书：气候研究上的倒退。”
XML was, of course, designed to express complex and specialized structures for content, and it seems a step backward to use a far less expressive construct just to embed the structure within HTML.
当然，XML 是设计用于表示复杂的和专有的内容结构的，而且它似乎倒退了一步，使用表现力更弱的结构却只是为了在 HTML 中嵌入这些结构。
If this is the next stage of computing, we're taking a step backward.
如果这真是下一代计算机的话，那这可算是种倒退了。

He said the expulsion is obviously a matter of concern to the United States and a step backward,and that North Korea has only brought upon itself further isolation.

Definitely a step backward for a society that increasingly values and needs a means to vent.
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Calling it a huge step backward is needless hyperbole and more inflamatory than informative.
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Then, recently, she took a big step backward, rescinding the treasured right to work from home.
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