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Rather than belabor the obvious, for when DOD develops a weapon it can be said with certainty that it will be tested and, if possible, where it would be useful to meet their goals; another example will put motives and, at least, one type of application in more realistic perspective.

很明显，当国防部开发了一种新的武器，可以肯定的说，它需要试验，如果可能的话，那将是对满足他们的目的有用，另一个例子将被推动，并嘴中，一种更现实的应用将可以展望。

In the market and scientific fundamentalism bewitchment and coerced devoid of humanity self-sufficient, Tian Ran retreated to their homes, of course, there would be no dwelling of the soul, and even thought, language, and even emotional expression have been incorporated into the same institutional paradigms of "currency" of quantitative analysis, philosophy of life is no longer straight leading edge expounded the meaning of religion is no longer concerned about the limited nature of anxiety and thereby losing the salvation of the inherent features, and people still pray and not gratuitous Su the expression of piety, but most are not based on hardship of life with spiritual sustenance, but the heterogeneity of the considerations and the rather alternative pop means "faith show."

在市场与科学原教旨主义的蛊惑与裹挟之下，没有了人性自给自足、可以恬然退守的家园，当然也就不会有灵魂的栖居之所，连思想、语言、乃至情绪表达都被纳入同一性的体制范式进行"货币化"定量分析，哲学不再有直抵生命堂奥的意义阐发，宗教不再关注有限性焦虑从而失去了内在的救赎功能，人们也还在求神拜佛而且不无端肃虔敬的表情，但大多不是基于人生困厄的心灵慰藉，而是异质化的另类利害权衡和颇具波普意味的"信仰秀"。

In terms of book-keeping this would almost double the public debt, but that is rather misleading.

从记帐的角度看这几乎会使公共负债增加一倍，不过这有点误导了。

To Connie, Clifford seemed to be coming out in his true colours: a little vulgar, a little common, and uninspired; rather fat. Ivy Bolton's tricks and humble bossiness were also only too transparent. But Connie did wonder at the genuine thrill which the woman got out of Clifford. To say she was in love with him would be putting it wrongly. She was thrilled by her contact with a man of the upper class, this titled gentleman, this author who could write books and poems, and whose photograph appeared in the illustrated newspapers.

康妮呢，她觉得克利福的真面目显露出来了：他有点肥胖臃肿，有点庸俗，平凡，并没有什么才气，波太太的把戏和她的谦卑的威风，也太透明了，不过康妮所奇怪的便是这个妇人从克利福那里所得到的天真的迷醉，说她是爱上了他，这是不对的，他是一位上流社会的人，一位有爵衔的贵绅，一个相片在许多画报上登着，能够写书吟诗的人。

Why would a studio film at a real bowling alley rather than build one ...

为什么会在电影制片厂一个真正的保龄球馆，而不是建立一个。。。

In an integrated space, different parts are endowed with different nature, and there is no boundary in their connections. In those areas where the functions become vague, rules and order would break loose, backing away from the industrial nature in the modernism city to get close to the natural rule, or rather, the weak rules.

在一个整体的空间中，不同部分被赋予了不同的属性，而他们之间的联系是没有明显边界的，在这些功能性模糊的区域里，规则和秩序变得很松散，远离现代主义城市体现出的明显的工业属性，而更接近于自然中的规则，或者说是弱规则。

In four or five years the government will face a new election, and it must think of how it will win that election. That would encourage a preference for policies that will bring short term benefits to the electorate (or to self-interested politicians) before the next election, rather than unpopular policy with longer term benefits.

在未来的四五年内，政府将会面临一次新的选举，在这次选举中，政府必须考虑如何去赢，而这将会在下一次选举之前鼓励产生能为全体选民带来短期利益（或者是为利己主义的政客们）的政策，而不是产生带来长期利益但却不受欢迎的政策。

She was rather buxom. I would call her zaftig.

威廉说。"他相当丰满，我喜欢叫他丰满而性感的女性。"

Why do you think people would choose to travel by airplane rather than by ship? Page 49

你认为人们为什么宁愿选择乘坐飞机而不愿乘船去旅游吗？

It is, I fear, rather stilted, but the word reformatory,which would be more suitable,has by common consent been appropriate to a different theory.

我担心，这是十分不自然的，但是，本会更为匹配的感化一词，按共识，一直适合于另一种不同的理论）。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。