People have a hard time accepting any criticism, gentle or not, but if it's harsh, it'll almost always have bad consequences.

人们在接受批评的时候总是很困难的——无论批评者是否温和。但如果批评很苛刻，通常结果也会很糟糕。

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The global economic storm-clouds now gathering could have a silver lining for Vietnam, provided the tempest is not too harsh or prolonged.

假如全球经济风暴不太肆虐或不久即烟消云散，那么越南就能透过这些聚集的乌云而沐浴阳光了。

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But where this is rejected, the courts can issue death sentences, or other harsh penalties, which jirgas do not.

但在遭到拒绝之后，法院可以判处死刑，或者其它严厉惩罚，而支尔格会议则不会如此做法。

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So that settles the question am I a harsh grader or not.

所以这就解决了我是否对评级严苛的问题。

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The voicing is expectedly on the slightly muddy side of things with a very narrow soundstage, but the tonality is mostly smooth (read: not extremely harsh or fatiguing).

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Kerry made his points, but he did not come across as harsh or negative.

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Their often-harsh responses frequently misquote the story, dispute issues not therein or accuse us of being ignorant tools of Wall Street.

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