"Whereas the oil industry may find it business as usual to have a certain number of spills, it is really not acceptable, especially in this day and age.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

The boy might instead kick the dog and think he hates the dog because that's a more acceptable target.

孩子可能会去踢狗，觉得狗很可恨,因为狗是可以接受的替代性目标。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I only give, I don't know, about 10% or 20% for getting the right number in a computation. I tell my graders, if the student demonstrates minimal acceptable proficiency that student has to get a passing score.

我只是给，我不知道，10%或者20%的随机概率得到合适的数字,我告诉我的学生们，如果有人想证明,最小可接受的熟练,就是学生们得到一个及格的分数。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I do not want to have a person's death on my conscience.'" The rising visibility of Asian-Americans already in the service may make a military career more acceptable to Asian-Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Okay, 'a socially acceptable thing to be eating,' which of course will change from culture to culture even within a country, so that's very true.

好的 "社会认可的可食用的东西",当然这是因文化而异的,即使在一个国家里也是不同的,这种情况是很常见的

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

That is not acceptable. And I will not tolerate it." The president spoke after a lengthy meeting with key cabinet and agency heads involved in all aspects of aviation security and counter-terrorism.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

There is rationalization, which is that when you do something or think something bad you rationalize it and you give it a more socially acceptable explanation.

还有合理化，是指当你做坏事或有不良想法时,你会将行为合理化,为行为寻找一个更为社会接受的解释。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The African Union sent Moammar Gadhafi, who currently holds the rotating head of the pan-African body, to mediate the crisis, hoping he could find a solution acceptable to Mauritanian stakeholders and the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Hobbes, in other words, tried to render acceptable, tried to render palatable, what Machiavelli had done by providing a more precise and more legal and institutional framework for the modern state.

霍布斯，换句话说，试图去变得易于接受，试图去变得更加愉快，马基雅维利的做法是,给现代国家提供一个,更加精确，更加法定的机构性框架。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It's an acceptable stereotype to make a generalization from.

人们可以接受用这个刻板印象来以一概全。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It's a socially acceptable thing to be eating.

它是社会认可的可食用的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选