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新概念英語(yǔ)第四冊(cè)課文原文：工業(yè)中的秘密

218. The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably.

保密程度自然差別很大。

219. Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.

某些大公司進(jìn)行的研究屬于一般和基礎(chǔ)的研究，因此不保密對(duì)他們才有利。

220. Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.

然而，依賴(lài)這種研究的很多工藝程序是在完全保密的情況下進(jìn)行的，直到可以取得專(zhuān)利權(quán)的階段為止。

221. Even more processes are never patented at all but kept as secret processes.

更多的工藝過(guò)程根本就不會(huì)取得專(zhuān)利權(quán)，而是作為秘方保存著。

222. This applies particularly to chemical industries, where chance discoveries play a much larger part than they do in physical and mechanical industries.

在這化學(xué)工業(yè)方面尤為突出。同物理和機(jī)械工業(yè)相比，化學(xué)工業(yè)中偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)的機(jī)會(huì)要多得多。

223. Sometimes the secrecy goes to such an extent that the whole nature of the research cannot be mentioned.

有時(shí)，保密竟達(dá)到了這樣的程度，即連研究工作的整個(gè)性質(zhì)都不準(zhǔn)提及。

224. Many firms, for instance, have great difficulty in obtaining technical or scientific books from libraries because they are unwilling to have names entered as having taken out such and such a book,

比如，很多公司向圖書(shū)館借閱科技書(shū)籍時(shí)感到困難，因?yàn)樗鼈儾辉缸屓思矣浵滤鼈児镜拿趾徒栝喌哪骋槐緯?shū)。

225. for fear the agents of other firms should be able to trace the kind of research they are likely to be undertaking.

他們生怕別的公司的情報(bào)人員據(jù)此摸到他們可能要從事的某項(xiàng)科研項(xiàng)目。