These are often called "never events," because they should never have happened.
这些通常被称为“永不发生的事件”,因为他们本就不应该发生的。
Surgeons call them "never events," because they are supposed to never happen: things like leaving a piece of equipment in someone or removing the wrong body part.
像在某人身体里留下一块设备,或者移除了不对的身体部位这类事情,外科医生称之为“决不该发生的事”,因为它们本就不应该发生。
Sad events are never easy to deal with but a speech that pays tribute to the loss of a loved one and gives praise for their contribution can be comforting.
悲伤的事件从来都不容易处理,但是演讲中对失去亲人致敬并赞扬他们的贡献会让人感到安慰。
I never expected this turn of events.
我从没想过事情会发生这样的变化。
In 2007, he published the Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable, which argues that we should never ignore the possibility or importance of rare, unpredictable events.
在2007年,他出版了《黑天鹅:高度意外性事件的影响》,主张人们不应该忽略罕见和不可预测事件的可能性和重要性。
Since you never know what the future will bring, it’s futile to try to control events.
既然你永远不知道未来将发生什么,试图去控制事件的发生是没有意义的。
As a group, they were cautious, because the two defining national events of their lives taught them that you can never really count on anything.
这一群体,他们是谨慎的,因为生命中经历的两次具有决定意义的全国性事件教导他们:你永远别指望能满打满算。
Events of the past month show, once again, why you should never put too much faith in the opinions of Wall Street experts and analysts.
过去一个月的各种事件再次证明,为什么永远不应该盲从华尔街专家与分析师的观点。
But never mind the lessons of history, or events unfolding across the Atlantic: Republicans are now fully committed to the doctrine that we must destroy employment in order to save it.
然而,共和党人从来不在意历史教训,不在意大西洋对岸已经展现出来的事件的教训。他们现在彻底地信奉这种教条,即要保留就业就必须先摧毁就业。
More recently, they have tried to appropriate Europe's debt problems on behalf of their own agenda, never mind the fact that events in Europe actually point the other way.
最近以来,他们一直试图按照他们自己的计划来诠释欧洲债务问题,却置事实于不顾。事实上,欧洲发生的事情实际上指向另一个方向。
A favorite read of mine is Deepak Chopra's book on exploring how synchronistic events in our lives are never accidents or coincidences.
我最喜欢读的一本书是狄巴克。乔布拉写到,它探索了我们生活中的同步性事件从来都不是偶然或凑巧发生的。
Events... may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
事情大致可以分为可能永远不会发生的和不重要的。
You can have vivid memories of things that never happened, and yet you can come away with the sketchiest recollections of events that actually did.
你会有对未发生过的事情的栩栩如生的记忆,可是你能在真实事件发生后在脑海中留下缩影。
Movies can recreate history in a convincing way, leaving us with vivid memories of events that helped shape our lives. Even if they never really happened.
电影可以一种让人信服的方式重建历史,给我们带来对大量事件栩栩如生的记忆,有助于我们认识生活,即使这些事件并没有真地发生过。
The human tragedy and dramatic rescues of mining accidents make for gripping media events, but most of coal's victims actually never set foot in a mine.
在矿难事故中上演的人类悲喜剧总能赚得媒体头条,但大多数由于煤碳造成的受害者却从未涉足于此。
Some of the photos are originals, and some have never before been displayed or published, providing insights into both daily life and historic events.
照片多为原版,有些是首度公开亮相,照片类型既有历史事件,也有有日常生活。
And secondly, the book helps to explain why the conditions in which these events might be freely discussed in Turkey have never quite fallen into place.
其二,本书有助于解释得以让流放事件在土耳其公开讨论的种种条件为何尚未成熟。
So to an observer, it's as though the events between the lenses never happened. (See the figure above for a visual about how this works.)
因此,对于观察者而言,就好像透镜之间没有事情发生过(工作原理分解析见上图)。
My first two encounters with literature and reading were not honorable events and I will never forget them.
我与文学和阅读的最初两次相遇都是不值一提的事情,可我永远难以忘怀。
You just never know how your parent will act. Will your mom or dad show up drunk for school events or drive you (and your friends) home drunk?
你会去担心父母会不会喝醉了出现在学校活动中,或者父母喝醉了酒开着接你(或者送你的朋友)回家。
Because I want to underscore that throughout all these events, I never doubted my feelings for my wife.
因为我想强调,历经这么多风雨,我从没怀疑过自己对妻子的感情。
Appointments were never scheduled; they came about as if events of nature.
会面时间从未确定;其发生就像一桩自然事件。
So geek phones will never be mainstream, but a fortunate confluence of events might get the N900 into more people's hands soon.
所以,极客手机永远也不会成为主流,但是,一些事件带来的有利影响,很快就会让更多人用上诺基亚n900。
The tests were rigid and limited; they never came upon certain events that could affect performance.
测试很严格,并且限制很多;不存在影响性能的其他事件。
The only way to truly honour the memory of those who perished in Rwanda 17 years ago is to ensure such events can never occur again.
真正缅怀17年前那些在卢旺达死去者的唯一方式,是确保这类事件永远不再发生。
The central bank moved fast and never fell behind events.
中央银行行动迅速绝不会落后与经济事态。
Sometimes natural events overwhelm you, as your own mistakes never can.
有时候,虽然你自己的错误决不会制服你,而天灾却会。
Indeed, researchers have created memories of events that never happened.
事实上,研究者已经能够创造没有发生过的事情的记忆。
It is as if Americans had never heard of the Sioux, and Wounded Knee had become a tourist resort where the events of 1890 had faded from memory.
就好像美国人没听说过苏族,而“受伤的膝盖”成了旅游观光地,尽管1890年在那发生的事情早被世人淡忘。
I must admit that these winter events never happened.
这些冬季项目从来没有过。
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