Years ago, Ben Casnocha mentioned an idea to me that I haven't been able to shake: The people who are most likely to change our minds are the ones we agree with on 98 percent of topics.
几年前,本·卡斯诺查曾向我提到一个让我一直无法忘怀的观点:最有可能改变我们想法的人是那些我们在98%的话题上能达成一致的人。
Because the administration is more likely to replace me than an X-ray equipment, I'm afraid to refuse to work.
因为政府更有可能把我换掉而不是换掉X光设备,所以我不敢拒绝工作。
But it's likely that we will need all of you to work this weekend so if any of you can't, please let me know as soon as possible.
但是很可能这个周末我们需要你们所有人都去工作,所以如果你们中有谁不能去,请尽快通知我。
This was insulting to Shelley and only likely to get me laughed at.
这是对雪莱的侮辱,结果却使我可能成为笑柄。
According to a new study, this means I likely have significantly higher career satisfaction than if my wife earned the same or more than me.
根据一项新的研究,这意味着,与妻子挣的和我一样多甚至比我还多的情况相比,我很可能对事业有着更高的满意度。
A previously unknown kind of human—the Denisovans—likely roamed Asia for thousands of years, probably interbreeding occasionally with humans like you and me, according to a new genetic study.
根据一项新的基因研究,之前并不为人所知的人类物种——丹尼索万人——可能在亚洲游荡了数千年,大约偶尔与像你和我一样的人类杂交。
But if Amazon thinks I'm interested in cookbooks, it's not very likely to show me books about metallurgy.
但是,如果亚马逊认为我对食谱有兴趣,就不可能把冶金的书籍呈现给我了。
What concerns me most is that in worrying about bilateral challenges from China, we are likely focused on the wrong things.
最让我担心的是,我们在担心来自中国的双边挑战时,可能把注意力放错了位置。
'If you think it's too big to fail, whatever that means, then maybe you're more likely to lend to me a low rate.
他说,如果你觉得一家公司大得不能倒,不管那意味着什么,你或许都更有可能以低利率借贷给我。
Now, I'm no hero but I am familiar with the bystander effect which makes it more likely that I will intervene and also makes me a bad subject from which to draw a more general conclusion.
如此看来,我并不是英雄,我只是深谙“旁观者效应”,从而使自己更容易“抱打不平”,同时也让自己作为一个不太好的例子来得出一个更为普遍的结论。
And unattractive people are more likely to stay with me because they tend to have a tough time getting hired, in part because they generally don't network efficiently.
长得难看的人也更倾向于留在你身边。因为被雇用之前可能正是他们最困难的时候,因为他们一般都没有很广的人脉。
This seems upside-down to me: it's the loyal readers who are most likely to pay premium rates for digital subscriptions, while everybody else is going to need a special offer to chivvy them along.
在我看来这纯属本末倒置,因为忠实读者才最有可能去花钱进行电子订阅,而其他读者都需要特别优惠来鼓励订阅。
What I’m saying is that it’s more likely that you’ll be laid off in the next 50 years of employment than me never reaching my goal after lots of failures.
我想要说的是与经历了许多失败之后我还从未达成自己的目标相比,你在未来的50年里更有可能被解雇。
I hate to be the pessimist, but when I am asked this, I want to tell them that they most likely won't make any money so they might as well ask me to do it for free.
我讨厌悲观的看问题,但是,当我被问到这个问题的时候,我要告诉他们,他们非常有可能会赚不到钱,然后令我拿不到钱。
What I'm saying is that it's more likely that you'll be laid off in the next 50 years of employment than me never reaching my goal after lots of failures.
我想要说的是与经历了许多失败之后我还从未达成自己的目标相比,你在未来的50年里更有可能被解雇。
Admittedly, this is less likely than me getting struck by lightning in the middle of New York City, but it doesn't hurt to dream.
诚然,这比我在纽约市中心被雷电击中还要不可能,但梦想又不会疼的。
The fact that every time you have seen me I was wearing earrings makes it slightly more likely that the next time you see me I will be wearing earrings.
事实是每次你们看到我,我更可能戴耳环,下次你看到我的时候,我会戴着耳环。
To me, looking at the most likely gain -- 12.6% -- and the likelihood that my assumptions tilt toward the overly optimistic, the reward isn't there in this stock for taking the risk.
在我看来,按照最有可能的收益率12.6%,还有我非常乐观的设想,这只股票没有风险。
Suppose I m plain 8 (and you must admit that this is more likely). Then I would always fear that you were going on writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else.
设想本人相貌平平(你得承认,这种可能性更大),那我就会始终担心,你和我保持通信仅仅是出于孤独寂寞,无人交谈。
A wise person once told me that when I'm frustrated with someone or something, it's most likely because there are missing steps.
一个很睿智的人曾经告诉我,当他对一些人或事失意的时候,很多情况下是因为有些步骤被遗漏掉了。
I've read that mothers who kill their older children are likely to be married and employed, which was the case here and seems kind of strange to me.
我曾经读到过一些资料,那些杀死她们较为年长的孩子的母亲们更多是结了婚而且有工作的妇女,这一点让我多少有些惊讶。
Probably he noticed that I was a bookish boy, likely to sympathize with him, and perhaps he was trying to warn me to avoid being unlike others.
他说这话,也许是因为见我是个书生气的男孩觉得我可能会同情他,也许是在提醒我不要异于常人。
For someone like me who works at a nonprofit and is interested in world issues and this type of simulation, it's likely that I may try to play the game again sometime.
像我一样的一些人,在非营利组织工作,对世界局势和这类的解决方法感兴趣,就像我一样会时不时地尝试再次玩这些游戏。
Show me your entertainment budget and I can most likely tell you who your best customers are.
看看你的娱乐预算,我就有可能知道谁是你最好的客户。
Thankfully, that's all it took to yank me back into my pain-ridden body as my mind (and likely my mouth) screamed for morphine.
谢天谢地,这样的恐惧把我拉回了这满是伤痛的身体,我的意识(和我的嘴一样),尖叫着要止疼药。
The poorest, most vulnerable of my contacts are the most worried about me and most likely to send you money.
那些最单纯最可怜的联系人现在最担心我了,很可能就给我汇钱。
But most of all, it makes me feel pretty damn good that my next column is likely to come from New York.
但最要紧的是,每当我想到我的下一个专栏将从纽约发出,我的感觉就不是一般的好。
The usual answer - that girls and women are more likely than boys and men to talk about emotions - is somehow unsatisfying, especially to a researcher like me.
通常的答案是女孩子和女人比起男孩子和男人更倾向于谈论感情,但这答案某种程度上并不令人满意,尤其对于我这种研究者。
The usual answer - that girls and women are more likely than boys and men to talk about emotions - is somehow unsatisfying, especially to a researcher like me.
通常的答案是女孩子和女人比起男孩子和男人更倾向于谈论感情,但这答案某种程度上并不令人满意,尤其对于我这种研究者。
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