惊人的事件

These episodes in individual tales display such striking regularities in aggregate that some of the social scientists who first applied the rules of probability to human affairs questioned the very notion of free will."Society prepares the crime," wrote Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian statistician, in 1835,"and the guilty person is only the instrument."

这些互相独立的故事中的一幕幕情节都显示出惊人的规律性（这些相互独立的故事都有着惊人相似的情节），因此，那些最早将概率法则应用于分析人类事件的社会科学家们颇为质疑所谓的自由意愿这个概念。1835年，比利时统计学家阿道夫·凯特勒（注1）曾写道，"人类社会酝酿了罪行，犯罪的个体只是工具罢了。"

And then there was the small matter of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth: the shocking efficiency with which a few well-placed ads and the chants of conservative media could transform a decorated Vietnam War hero into a weak-kneed appeaser.

于是，《快艇老兵的真相》书中的一个小事件，几个安置适当的广告和保守派媒体的口号发挥了惊人的效率，使获得不少荣誉的越南战争英雄变成一个没骨气的和事佬。

The letters "provide tremendous leads to follow and often with which to corroborate other evidence in the context of counterespionage and counterterrorism," said Maj.

国家安全信"提供了惊人的领导权力，并且通常插手了超越反恐怖主义和反间谍活动之外的其他事件"，五角大楼发言人Maj。

This event is amazing, it's hilarious, I love it!

此事件是惊人的，它的热闹，我喜欢它！

We would like to thank everyone for a phenomenal event.

我们想感谢每一个人以惊人的事件。

She said yesterday:'This is an astounding development - it is a seminal event.

她昨天表示：'这是一个惊人的发展-这是一个开创性的事件'。

Not only were they to maintain order, prevent crime, and protect life and property, but historically they were also to fight fires, suppress vice, assist in health services, supervise elections, direct traffic, inspect buildings, and locate truants and runaways.

政党的忠诚支持者和改革家们通常是从政治的前途来看待警察这个机构；而报纸和杂志治的前途来看待警察这个机构；而报纸和杂志-19 世纪的传播媒介-则着重活泼生动和惊人的事件。

Suppress vice, assist in health services, supervise elections, direct traffic, inspect buildings, and locate truants and runaways.

政党的忠诚支持者和改革家们通常是从政治的前途来看待警察这个机构；而报纸和杂志-19 世纪的传播媒介-则着重活泼生动和惊人的事件。可是城市社会总是把广泛得可怕的责任交给警察。

While such incidents are rare, we should always remain conscious of the amazing forces behind geysers.

当这样事件是罕见的时，我们应该总是保持神志清楚对在喷泉之后的惊人的力量。

If you're still in denial about the horrific turn of events on tonight's Prison Break, well, stop reading,'cause a stone-cold reality check is coming your way: That was definitely Sara Tancredi's decapitated head staring up at Lincoln from that box.

如果你还固执地否认今天《越狱》中那件惊人的事件，还对此抱有幻想，那么请不要再读下去了，因为下面是铁的事实：在那个盒子里面放着的的的确确是莎拉-唐克莱蒂的脑袋。

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。