罗马帝国灭亡的其中一个主要原因是他们没有0 —— 这样他们就没法给自己的C程序指明成功退出的路。

An important reason for the fall of the Roman Empire was that they had no zero. So they had no way of demonstrating a successful exit of their C programs.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 罗马帝国 Luó guó Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
2 灭亡 mièwáng
  1. to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out
  2. to destroy; to exterminate
=3 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 其中 zhōng
  1. among
  2. in
  3. included among these
=5 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
6 主要 zhǔyào main; principal; major; primary
7 原因 yuányīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
  3. root cause
  4. reason

classifier:

=8 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=8 shì variant of shì
9 他们 men they; them
10 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
11 这样 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
12 他们 men they; them
13 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
14 没法 méi
  1. at a loss
  2. unable to do anything about it
  3. to have no choice
=15 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=15
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
16 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=17 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
18
C
Not in lexicon.
19 程序 chéng
  1. procedures
  2. sequence
  3. order
  4. computer program
20 指明 zhǐmíng
  1. to show clearly
  2. to designate
  3. to indicate
=21 成功 Chénggōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县 Táidōng Xiàn, southeast Taiwan
=21 成功 chénggōng
  1. to succeed
  2. success
  3. successful; fruitful
22 退出 tuìchū
  1. to withdraw
  2. to abort
  3. to quit
  4. to log out (computing)
=23 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=23 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=23 really and truly
=23 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=24 surname Lu
=24
  1. journey
  2. route
  3. line (bus etc)
  4. sort; kind

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