But it does have a blunt tip, so that if it accidentally goes into my finger, it's much less likely to perforate."

VOA: special.2010.02.10

But when it came to treason, he was less likely to be merciful, as the case of Alexis, his ill-fated son would demonstrate.

只是对于背叛者,他是绝不手软的,他那不幸的儿子阿列克思就是一个例证

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If you have to put the guy's hand on it, you're less likely to kill him.

如果你要把被电击者的手放在上面，你电死他的可能性会降低。

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Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says it would make future bailouts more likely,not less.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Phase One, the million and a half years ago, in the early--in the late--Miocene and early Pleistocene phases, there was shift where people were less likely to be just going out and gathering foods from every place they could find it.

第一阶段,一百五十万年前,在整个中新世以及更新世的早期,情况开始转变,人们不光靠,出门四处搜集食物

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"So it's certainly not going to be with us in anything less than three years, and I think it's more likely that we're in a five to ten year time frame."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

So, these are an important list of factors as to the factors that can make somebody less likely to bring it up to the killing level.

这些都是很重要的影响因素,它们能使电击者,进行致命电击的可能性降低。

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But Art Cashin says Wall Street remains wary. "The concern down here is it may intimidate some of the financial institutions, and therefore make credit less available and less likely and hurt the recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

If the experimenter gives you instructions by phone, you're less likely to do it.

如果实验者通过电话指示你电击，你电击的可能性就减少。

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(SAYING) One article in the journal reports that while older adults are less likely to receive chemotherapy following colon surgery, they tolerate it better than younger patients and don't get as sick from the therapy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

In fact though, the children who you reward later on think that this activity has less value and they are less likely to do it when there's no reward present.

但事实上，拿到奖励的孩子会想,这个活动的价值变低了，如果没有奖励,他们就不太可能会再做。

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"We also looked at the part of the brain called the hippocampus which is very important for forming the sort of memories we make everyday,you know, when you have to remember a pin number or you have to remember how to get somewhere, and the hippocampus, if it's a good size that means you are less likely to develop Alzheimer's,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

It's because these are the women who have abdominal obesity, so women are less likely to have it in the first place, but many do, and of those who do and have that metabolic syndrome, then they're more susceptible to the heart disease outcomes than men are.

这是因为研究对象都是有腹部肥胖的女性,女性一开始的确比较少患腹部肥胖,但其中仍有人会有腹部肥胖,所以那些患代谢综合征的腹部肥胖女性,与男性相比更容易受到心脏疾病的影响

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If an ordinary man, not the guy in a white lab coat but an ordinary guy, says, "Hey, keep shocking him, that's okay," you're less likely to do it, and if there is a rebellion, if somebody else rebels and says, "I won't do it," you are much more likely not to do it yourself.

如果是一个普通人，不是穿白大褂的,只是一个普通人说，”继续电击他，没问题的“,你进行电击的可能性会减少，如果有电击者反抗，如果有电击者不听命令说”我不电击“,你电击的可能性就更低。

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