在我这个行业里，你会听到很多关于天赋的说法，这主要是我们为了给自己找借口偷懒而编造的说辞。
In my line of work, you'll hear a lot about talent, which is an idea we mostly invented to give ourselves an excuse to be lazy.
一些石油公司为了找借口提高油价而策划谎报石油短缺，因而被起诉。
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of petrol to justify price increases.
一位发言人说：“我们都知道，女人们在圣诞节要干很多活儿，但是男人们不应该为自己不帮忙或害怕进厨房而编造借口。”
A spokesman said: 'We all know that women do a lot of work at Christmas, but men shouldn't make up excuses for not helping out or be afraid of the kitchen.
他会有充足的借口不读文件而直接签字，因为他还有许多其它事要想。
He would have every excuse for signing the thing unread, for he has many other matters on his mind.
这儿的骗局是看到了生产力作为一种压缩时间的途径来满足我们的目标，而不是使用它作为借口来做越来越多数不完的事。
The trick here is to see productivity as a way to compress the time required to meet our goals without using it as an excuse for endlessly doing more.
借口，通常是由于我们不想去做而产生的——我们总在强调消极的一面。
Excuses are usually made because we don't feel like doing something -we're accentuating the negative.
整个过程的发生似乎是内生的，所以你可不能拿“我体温低”来做借口而敞开肚皮进食过量的甜品。
The entire process appears to happen internally, so you can't just enjoy that extra dessert with the "I'm cold" excuse.
我们的目的是体验，而不是以此为借口去疯狂享受。
Aim to have the experience but not use it as an excuse to go crazy.
我们凭一时高兴而随心所欲，这是我们仅有的消遣和唯一的借口。
Our hearts are capricious: it's their only diversion and their only excuse.
其一，气候改变对地球而言是确实的威胁，所以我们不要被计划绕晕了，把反弹效应当成一个借口而不去面对它。
Firstly, climate change is a real threat to our planet, so we must not get overwhelmed by the task and use rebound effects as an excuse not to act.
我做过的一件事就是一个富有的爸爸他教我使用大脑来挣钱，而不是用它来寻找借口。
The one thing I did have was a rich dad who taught me to use my mind to make money. And not to make excuses.
不要将上述的讨论作为借口而不考虑失败条件。
Don't take the foregoing discussion as an excuse not to think about failure conditions.
这个财政措施实际上与很多小孩子的借口有不谋而合之处，由一个夸张的措辞开始，最后转变成完完全全的谎言。
The fiscal plans are like one of those childish excuses that begin with a little exaggeration and morph into outright falsehood.
很幸运的是我有一个非常棒的母亲抚养我成长，她像许多英勇的单身母亲那样，从不允许自己以父亲的缺席作为借口而怠慢我。
I was lucky enough to be raised by a wonderful mother who, like so many heroic single mothers, never allowed my father's absence to be an excuse for me to slack off or not always do my best.
你用你的头脑来找借口而不是寻找钱。
You are using your mind to make excuses rather than to make money.
它们必须看看自己的立场，而不能拿中国当借口。
They have to look at their own position and can't use China as an excuse.
选做清单不是给你借口不做自己不喜欢做的事情而腾出空来做自己想做的事情。
A to-don't list is not an excuse to remove things you don't like to do, but need to get done, from your plan of action.
而不是制造借口。
所以发挥大脑的杠杆作用让你变富吧，而不要制造借口”。
so use your mind for leverage to make you rich rather than to make excuses.
因此，如果你正在为自己不参加教堂礼拜甚或追随上帝而找借口，那你其实一点借口都没有。
So, if you are excusing yourself from church attendance and even pursuing the things of God themselves, you really have no excuse.
报告说到，一些公司通过宣称自己的产品只是一种棕榈油的副产品而为自己找借口-而油正加速被认证。
Some companies, it says, excuse themselves by claiming their product is simply a by-product of palm oil production - and oil is increasingly being certified.
实际上，这取决于你自己，取决于你是否把阅读当成了一个借口而不是一个推动。
It really just depends on your personality, and whether you're using reading as an excuse instead of an enabler.
不要拿查收邮件做借口，而不去澄清自己对某些事物的看法。
Don't use emails as an excuse not to clarify your thinking on something.
但是，这对于聪明的政策制定者来说更像一个借口而不是减少利率理由。
But this is more a plea for wiser policymakers than a case against reducing rates.
而奥巴马有能力来规避这些问题，我相信他会找出误解的借口，人们也乐于接受他的借口。
Owing to Obama's ability to circumvent issues, I am sure the excuse of a misunderstanding will be attempted and would willingly be accepted.
我是不是经常找一大堆借口来为自己的失败而狡辩？
I was not always find an excuse for a lot of failure for their own sophistry?
合理的事是要针对这一问题做些什么；那些死抱着简单的口号制造借口而不做事的才是最不合理，最不负责任的人。
The reasonable thing is to do something about it; it's deeply unreasonable, and deeply irresponsible, to invent reasons not to act because you're clinging to simplistic slogans.
合理的事是要针对这一问题做些什么；那些死抱着简单的口号制造借口而不做事的才是最不合理，最不负责任的人。
The reasonable thing is to do something about it; it's deeply unreasonable, and deeply irresponsible, to invent reasons not to act because you're clinging to simplistic slogans.
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