撒谎的首席执行官们也易于用大量表达正面感情的词语——一切极好,不可思议的好,格外的好。
Lying CEOs also tend to use a lot of words that express positive emotion - things are fabulous and fantastic and extraordinary.
通常,人们在承认贪欲、谋杀、欺骗和撒谎这些不良行为是不可避免的时候,会讥讽地说这是"人性"。
Popularly, one refers cynically to "human nature" in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying. (CET-6, 2004.1
不过研究人员也承认,这套系统的测谎成功率也是不可能达到100%的,毕竟系统所检测到的只是如痛苦、恐惧或怀疑之类的表情,而这些表情有可能和撒谎行为并不相关,比如恐惧表情的来源有可能是因为不被信任,而并不是害怕被抓到。
What they detect are emotions, such as distress, fear or distrust, and not the act of lying itself.
他是才华横溢的作家,自己的书信集和回忆录却不可信,因为他从孩提时代就向母亲撒谎,从来没有改掉这个毛病。
He was a brilliant writer yet his letters and his memoirs cannot be trusted because he started to tell lies to his mother at a young age and never stopped doing so.
墨菲回应道“如果不是撒谎,人们对于胡佛政策的认识不可能这么荒谬。”
Murphy, in response, says "it would be difficult to render a more misleading account of Hoover's policies without actually lying."
撒谎是一种不由自主的,不可避免的,有时候甚至是高尚的技能。
哦,得了吧,汤姆,不要撒谎——不要撒谎,否则事情更加糟糕,越发不可收拾。
Oh, Tom, don't lie—don't do it. It only makes things a hundred times worse.
撒谎永远不可能助你进步。诚实对待你的努力、你的工作、你的技能和你的需求。老板会欣赏你的坦率,甚至还可能助你一臂之力。
Lying never helps anyone grow. Be honest about your efforts, workload, skills, and needs. Your boss will appreciate your frankness. She may even be able to help you.
失败并不可耻,最令人痛恨的是撒谎和抱怨。
失败并不可耻,最令人痛恨的是撒谎和抱怨。
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