First, the institution of marriage is a secular and social institution.
首先，婚姻制度是一种世俗制度和社会制度。
It was secular and non-judgmental: a kind of aural hug, perhaps all the more consolatory for coming from a stranger.
这是一种长期的关爱，无需别人做出判断其正确与否：一种聆听给人的力量，也许一位陌生人的聆听更能带给人心灵上的慰籍。
A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.
一种温和的世俗分析认为，这也许像一个公司高层在经历了突然的提升之后开始有了一种心理上的失衡。
It is highly unlikely that any one electoral alliance will win a majority of seats.At least one alliance that is predicted to do well has a secular and admirably non-sectarian outlook.
并不是说任何一个参选联盟都有可能赢得议会的多数席位，要想被看好在大选中表现不俗，至少要有一种植根于现世并且德高望重的非派性形象。
我们的社会是个世俗社会。
He spoke about preserving the country as a secular state.
他谈到保持该国的非宗教国性质。
Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
墨西哥是个非宗教国家，和梵蒂冈没有外交关系。
Priest though he was, he rarely preached or mentioned God by name, a fact that only added to his popularity in proudly secular France.
虽是一名牧师，他却很少说教，或者提到上帝的名字，然而这反而增加了他在对自身的世俗化引以为傲的法国人心中的威望。
Ironically, Taseer's secular perspective would benefit from a hard look at the real world.
讽刺地，塔西尔世俗的视角反而从对现实世界的严厉眼光中得益。
Books and other documents are considered the most revered of secular objects - therefore one should not slide a book across a table or place it on the floor.
书或其他文件被看作世俗中最受尊敬的事物，所以不要将书在桌面滑动里或是扔在地板上。
Universities are an ivory tower head and shoulders above realistic life and, therefore, they should be able to guide society with a value transcending secular life.
大学是一座高居于现实生活之上的象牙塔，它应该能有一种超越世俗生活的价值高度引导社会。
For the low key, secular occasion, the Pope wore a long white overcoat in marked contrast to the more elaborate vestments he has worn throughout the rest of his six-day visit to the United States.
为这个低调的世俗场合，教皇穿了一件白色长大衣，这与他在美国的六天访问中始终穿着比较精美的正式服饰形成鲜明对比。
He comes from a family of secular Jews who supported the New Deal.
他来自一个世俗的支持新政的犹太家庭。
As the booming economy upset the God-given medieval hierarchy, secular sumptuary laws, which regulated consumption habits, were a brake on social mobility.
随着繁荣的经济打乱了神赐的中世纪社会阶级，世俗限制奢侈法律开始出现，控制消费习惯，并对社会流动性踩上了刹车。
As Scoones agrees, a vital component of their success has been the sense of awe they inspire, which is a vanishingly rare commodity in the secular, postmodern world.
斯库恩斯表示，他们成功的关键在于营造出了一种敬畏感，在当下这种世俗后现代的世界中，这样的敬畏感近乎无处可寻了。
In the midst of all this Mr Thubron ACTS like a kind of secular shaman, allowing himself to be possessed by the many spirits of the place without succumbing to their power.
在朝圣的队伍中，休布伦先生倒像是个世俗的萨满，允许自己心怀此地的神灵却从不屈服于神明的力量。
The use that was made of these beliefs by the powerful (whether that power was secular or clerical) can often look cynical to a modern observer.
由现代人观之，那些世俗或教会权威所订立的信条，不免显得相当愤世嫉俗。
For judges of a secular bent, that may prove quite a wig-scratcher.
对于具有世俗倾向的法官来说，这可能会是一个很让人挠头的问题。
The "blues" is a style of music derived from southern African-American secular songs.
“蓝调(blues)”是一种音乐风格，来自南部非洲裔美国人的世俗歌曲。
That a piece of paper of no intrinsic value should pass for good money the world over is nothing less than a secular miracle.
一张没有内在价值的纸片竟然被全世界奉为优等货币，这简直是这个世俗世界的一个奇迹。
The downturn may have accelerated a secular jobs trend that had been masked by the low - to middle-skilled work that the housing boom created.
低迷可能加速了长期工作趋势的带来，而这种趋势在之前由于楼市繁荣创造的中低技能岗位而掩盖。
If this is where we find ourselves as investors now — in a cyclical bull inside a secular bear — what do we do about it?
如果觉得自己现在就是这样的投资者——即身处长熊中的周期性牛市——又该怎样面对呢？
This is only Boyle's second album, and it's a mix of Christmas and secular songs, so it has a potential life past New Year's Day.
而这仅仅是她的第二张专辑，并且只是圣诞歌曲和通俗歌曲的一个组合，所以它在新年之际有着巨大的潜力。
A couple of decades ago Ireland defied the idea that modern societies grow secular: churches were packed.
几十年前，爱尔兰对现代社会培养神甫这一观点满不在乎：教堂都挤满了人。
It is beginning to look as if we are in the middle of another of those great phases, what commentators call a secular, as opposed to a cyclical, bear market.
现在的境况开始让人觉得我们似乎处在又一个重大的历史阶段之中，相对于周期性的熊市，评论家们把这个阶段称为长期性熊市。
Even if the demand for accountants or computer programmers is rising on a secular trend, there will be failing firms that fire accountants and programmers.
即使对会计和程序员的需求在长期中是上升的，也会存在濒临倒闭企业解雇会计和程序员。
Even if the demand for accountants or computer programmers is rising on a secular trend, there will be failing firms that fire accountants and programmers.
即使对会计和程序员的需求在长期中是上升的，也会存在濒临倒闭企业解雇会计和程序员。
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