Well, when people are in an absurd situation their minds rationalize it by inventing a comfortable illusion."

当人们陷入一种很荒谬的情况时“,”他们就会想出一个理由来使这种情况变得合理“

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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。

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Well,it wants to rationalize the administration of France-- it wants to do other things,too, but that's not this course.

它想对法国行政机构设置进行合理化改进,当然了,革命还有其它的目的,这节课我们先不谈

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Other times it behaves as a wave, and that is the way it helps us to think and rationalize what we observe.

另一些时候它更像波，而这是能帮助我们思考,和理解我们所观察到的东西的一种方法。

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It seems like I've managed to rationalize choosing middle.

看起来我好想解释了为什么选中

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