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conj. 是否；不论
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However, organisations need to learn something bigger than how to manage teams better: they need to be in the habit of asking themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job.

After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents' footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.

to see whether people's personality affects their life span to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeto examine all the factors contributing to longevity They have a good understanding of evolution.

Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate.

Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had lived there also proved significant.

The public overall is spilt on whether they'd like to use a driverless car.

Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer.

In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps ( ' , 嘟嘟声 ), and ask for directions from a human.

I can not control whether or not I wind up getting the disease swine flu, for example, he says.

A resident's satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there.

Some, like Mr.Azar’s plastic bag, are open to argument as to how they work, or whether they really work at all.

Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate.

The team behind the article and video in question make no mention of the system, or whether or not it detected them.

One of the main theoretical home-security concerns is whether or not a given system is vulnerable to being blocked from working altogether.

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

"I can not control whether or not I wind up getting the disease swine flu, for example," he says.

A new study challenges that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

As a result, the public is divided about whether the imbalance in corporate America will change in the foreseeable future, even though women have made major advances in the workplace.

But there's widespread disagreement over whether breakfast should keep its top spot in the hierarchy of meals.

But whether it's an English-cooked breakfast or a coffee and a sandwich, one thing has remained the same: the prices.

Dating back to 1880, the most common living arrangement among young adults has been living with a romantic partner, whether a spouse or a significant other.

However, opinions vary on whether video games are effective.

I think it will be very interesting to see what etiquette (礼仪) emerges in terms of whether you tell people you have a camera or not, and whether guests have a right to ask that it be tuned off, if it's not a security issue.

If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps, and ask for directions from a human.

In a multi-state study of assisted living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether achain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship

It was not known, however, whether central fatigue might also affect motor systems not directly involved in the exercise itself, such as those that move the eyes.

New York's Attorney General's office launched an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and time Warner are delivering broadband that's as fast as the providers claim it is.

Opinions differ as to whether breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own, 26 tend to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests.

Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society.

Students are more likely to think about their actions and see whether they will lead to trouble.

The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets.

The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to survive on smaller budgets.

The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the student or whether it's assigned by a teacher.

The most recent National Journal poll asked respondents about the American dream, what it takes to achieve their goals, and whether or not they felt a significant amount of control over their ability to be successful.

The public overall is split on whether they'd like to use a driverless car.

The-doctors response to the question of whether or not dogs can fall in love like humans do was a straight "Of course!" He went on to say that if love is defined as a long term commitment meaning dogs seek one another out when they're apart, they're happy

They are already on California roads, so it is not too soon to ask whether we can program a machine to act ethically.

They say they're unsure whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea's surface.

We found that the number of bacteria transferred to either kind of food didn't depend much on how long the food was in contact with the contaminated surface——whether for a few seconds or for a whole minute.

Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outweighed the risks of feeding on landfills.

American parents, whether rich or poor, have similar expectations of their children despite different ways of parenting.

Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a lean back medium, crave interaction.

Whether this is right, and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall, is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations.

Indicate whether their products are recyclable.

Enrollees would have to pay more money for many services out of their own pockets, and that would encourage them to think twice about whether an expensive or redundant test was worth it.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling ( ' , 大量消耗) transport.

But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels? That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

No average person wants to figure out whether their favorite calendar software works with their fridge or whether their washing machine and tablet get along.

It is hard to say whether it is good or bad.

It has little impact on their decision whether or not to quit smoking.

For example, when asked whether they would buy a new smartphone this year, only 48 percent said yes – a six-point drop from 2015.

And it is clearly up to the current generation of leaders from high-emitting nations to decide whether they want to be remembered as climate change tyrants or pioneers.

Whether it's a sports team or a presidential campaign, everybody relishes having the big momentum, because it makes them harder to stop or change direction.

Whether it is a transition from imported to domestic oil or from coal-powered electricity production to natural-gas power plants, politicians love to talk big.

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline-powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light, understanding energy system inertia and momentum can help you decide whether their plans are feasible.

How Virgin Galactic, regulators and the public respond to this most recent tragedy will deter mine whether and how soon private space travel can transcend that playground.

And it's true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening, regardless of whether it's a new one or not.

Ask your pharmacist whether he can suggest a drug that will relieve the symptoms but that will not cause the adverse reaction.

But many young researchers, especially those who have not been mentored in open science, are uncertain about whether to share or to stay private.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling t

Experts said that whether or not Apple loses this specific case, measures that it could put into place in the future will almost certainly be able to further limit the government's reach.

Farmers and consumers alike can choose whether or not to use whichever version prevails: "I'm giving people an option."

How Virgin Galactic, regulators and the public respond to this most recent tragedy will determine whether and how soon private space travel can transcend that playground.

In contrast, adults behaved in similar ways regardless of whether they were on their own or observed by others.

In one study, researchers tested whether students remembered lists of words better if they heard them, saw them or both.

Infants, on the other hand, didn't appear to have worse sleep whether they slept in the same or different room from their mothers.

Mothers who slept in the same room as their infants, whether in the same bed or just the same room, had poorer sleep than mothers whose babies slept elsewhere in the house: They woke up more frequently, were awake approximately 20 minutes longer per night

No average person wants to figure out whether their favorite calendar software works with their fridge or whether their washing machine and tablet get along.

Now, a company in Massachusetts says that by using magnetic brain scans, they can determine with 97% accuracy whether someone is telling the truth.

On the other hand, scientists disagree about how much and when they should share data, and they debate whether sharing it is more likely to accelerate science and make it more robust, or to introduce vulnerabilities and problems.

Once armed with a method for gaining access to iPhones, the government could ask to use it proactively, before a suspected terrorist attack—leaving Apple in a bind as to whether to comply or risk an attack and suffer a public-relations nightmare.

similar studies tested whether students learned basic physics and chemistry concepts better by reading plain text or viewing pictures to and everyone do better with the help of pictures.

So we've been looking at other ways of seeing whether this motivation to view oneself positively is shaped by cultural experiences.

Starr is row looking into whether high-protein diets also improve the quality of the muscle itself in seniors.

That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

The dataset they used did not include economic data, so instead the researchers looked at whether the 2013-16 well-being decline was tracking economic indicators.

The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.

The question is not whether it will reach other rice-growing areas of Europe, but when.

They scanned the brains of teens and adults who were playing a virtual driving game designed to test whether players would brake at a yellow light or speed on through the crossroad.

We have had plenty of debates in Congress and the media over whether the government should have a backdoor, and this is an end run (迂回战术) around that—here they come with an order to create that backdoor.

When psychologists and educators test for learning styles, they're trying to figure out whether these are inherent traits that affect how well students learn instead of just a preference.

When taking any drug, you should ask your doctor whether drinking alcohol could be dangerous in combination with the medicine.

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline -powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light

Whether it's possible to program a robot with safeguards such as Asimov' laws is debatable.

Whether or not we can catch up on sleep — on the weekend, say — is a hotly debated topic among sleep researchers.

Whether the technology is eventually deemed reliable enough for the courts will ultimately be decided by the judges.

Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.

Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a "lean back" medium, crave interaction.

Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off.

However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos, whether to loved ones, or to some moral concept.

I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not.

I think it would be satisfaction of enjoying things with others, meaning when you give it to others, whether it's time, attention, a gift, anything, just those moments of sharing.

If I have a "new idea", I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it, or something similar—and I then compare what I think with what others have thought.

It can be inferred from the passage that Nigel Shadbolt doubts whether people would pay as much attention to a kitemark as they think.

Just tell us whether you can undertake the task or not.

Moreover, I can find out whether my reactions to an event are reasonable enough by reading about those of others on the Internet.

People who work toward such excellence—whether they are driving a truck, or running a store--make the world better just by being the kind of people they are.

Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be created.

Sharing bread, whether during a special occasion or at the family dinner table, is a common symbol of togetherness.

She asked me whether I had returned the books to the library, and I admitted that I hadn't.

Soon you will also question whether the voice you're hearing is actually real.

Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet.

The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag.

The question, however, is whether this is what the developing countries need the most.

The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.

They could help promote other industries whether they lie inside or outside arts.

Thus, the keyboard can determine people's identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it's connected to—regardless of whether someone gets the password right.

When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic.

When involved in deliberate play activities, children are less concerned with the outcome of their behavior whether they win or lose than with the behavior having fun.

Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years.

Whether we've been suffer from, lied to, misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust.

Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant.

Since our chief business with them is to enable them to share in a common life we cannot help considering whether or no we are forming the powers which will secure this ability.

For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one.

Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

And whether the community's work contributes much to an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful.

Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.

Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: “The creation of the ‘statistics board’ was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.

These new forms were at first mainly written by scholars and performed by amateurs, but in England, as everywhere else in western Europe, the growth of a class of professional actors was threatening to make the drama popular, whether it should be new or old, classical or medieval, literary or farcical.

Another nationwide concern is whether public funds from other agencies are going into construction in fire-prone districts.

But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the Unite Sates trade representative opening an investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies, which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France.

For example, it is unclear whether the sequencing of a whole genome violates the patents of individual genes within it.

If appropriate public policies were in place to help all women—whether CEOs or their children's caregivers—and all families, Sandberg would be no more newsworthy than any other highly capable person living in a more just society.

Next time you state your position, formulate an argument for what you claim and honestly ask yourself whether your argument is any good.

Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly, within milliseconds.

That tells me whether I need to adjust my training program.

The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the courts judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should "reconsider" its State Street Bank ruling.

The scores were then used in conjunction with an applicant's score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, a standardised exam which is marked out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.

The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.

The survey they asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to workless than full time or because they had no choice.

There's always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated "race to the finish line," whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or a lucrative career.

These results suggest that imagining the outcome of following through on one's curiosity ahead of time can help determine whether it is worth the endeavor.

This and other similar cases raise the question of whether there is still a line between the court and politics.

To accurately tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably five.

To find out if this extends to non-living beings, Loleh Quinn at the University of California, San diego, and her colleagues tested whether rats can detect social signals form robotic rats.

Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with microsoft's default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

We often feel the need to tell others how we feel, whether it's a concern about a project, a stray thought, or a compliment.

What the study doesn't measure is whether people are still doing work when they're at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.

When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation: two days, not two seconds.

Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter although a working group at the International civil Aviation Organisation has included the possibility of formation flying in a blueprint for new ope

without question, manufacturing has taken a significant hit during recent decades, and further trade deals raise questions about whether new shocks could hit manufacturing.