琢磨

Whether it is part of the basic makeup of man is so imponderable that few economists feel qualified to explore.

这是否是人的基本特性的一部分，这是个无法琢磨的问题，没有几个经济学家认为有能力加以探讨。

Though improbable it's not impossible.

虽然难以琢磨这并非是不可能的。

He said, uh, maybe you're a diamond in the rough.

他说，也许你是未经琢磨的钻石

He was new and a diamond in the rough, but I saw potential in him.

他是新手，一颗未经琢磨的钻石，但我在他身上看到潜力。

You're a diamond in the rough.

你是未经琢磨的钻石。

Jody: You know, I think the answer is that politics plays a part in almost every aspect of

杨晨： 我这几天一直琢磨，政治对我们每个人的生活到底有什么重要的意义呢？

Still, many thought he must be the model for the elusive Karla, the fictional Soviet spymaster who ran rings round his Western adversaries in the works of John le Carré, a British novelist steeped in the world of espionage.

很多人认为他就是英国小说家约翰·勒卡雷笔下那个把对手耍的团团转，令人难以琢磨的间谍头子－卡拉的原型。

The mysteries of life to Klimt were impenetrable and Freud himself found art to be ambiguous.

对克里姆特来说，生命之迷是不可琢磨的，连弗洛依德本人也感觉到艺术将会是涵义模糊的。

He remembered cases in which paralysis and apoplexy had stricken men as strong as his uncle in the first hour of the horrible affliction; and he lingered in the lamplit vestibule, wondering whether it was not his duty to be with Sir Michael--to be near him, in case of any emergency, and to accompany him wherever he went.

他记起了象他伯父一样强健的人，在可怕的痛苦的第一个钟头之内，就发生中风和瘫痪的情况。他在点着灯的门厅里徘徊，琢磨着他是否有责任陪伴迈克尔爵士--不离左右，以防不测，不论他上哪儿去，部陪伴着地。

"What I'm driving at is that I'm beginning to get the lay of the land."

"我的意思是我正开始琢磨情况。"

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。