Through seeing things as no more than symbols or concepts a person does not thereby ignore their relative value and their practical significance in his life and relationships.
只是通过符号和概念看待事物，因此不会忽视事物的相关价值和生活和关系中的实践意义。
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'Relative exchange rates do matter for competitiveness,' Flint said. 'in Asia in general, export-led growth has been very successful, and it's difficult to ignore a winning formula.'
弗林特说，汇率的确影响竞争力。他说，就亚洲整体而言，出口型增长模式十分成功，很难忽略这个制胜之道。
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What this author does is point out that Americans have tendency to ignore all other foreign systems and ideas, and denigrate them without regard for their relative successes.