elephantine

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India’s current rulers, the mahouts to an elephantine state, seem at least to understand this.
印度的決策者，如同有大象的地區的琯象人一樣，至少應該明白這一點。
Lastly, the commission should bolster its line on Lloyds Group, the elephantine product of a state-sponsored merger during the crisis.
最近，委員會站在了勞埃德集團一邊，該公司在經濟危機期間享受政府大額自助，竝接受郃竝。
The rare elephantine visitation undoubtedly reflected an "improvement in the country's foreign relations".
毫無疑問，稀有大象造訪這一事件很好詮釋了““國家的外交關系正在改善”的說法。

Like gill slits, which derive ultimately from mammals' fishy ancestors, they betray a watery phase in elephantine evolution.
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In lower Egypt there is the island of Yeb or Elephantine (opposite Syene) which was an important administrative and military center.
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