While almost half of all boys said they avoid certain instruments because they were too difficult to play, only 15% of girls gave that as a reason.
尽管几乎有一半的男孩表示，他们会避免使用某些乐器，因为它们太难了，只有15%的女孩给出了这样的理由。
Climate change should never be used as a reason for condemning to continued poverty.
气候变化不应成为谴责世界上贫穷国家始终贫困的原因。
It also cites the country's high population density as a reason for these strict measures.
它还援引该国人口密度高为采取严格的措施的理由。
Whether smokers addicted to nicotine will see them as a reason to quit remains a question.
至于那些对尼古丁上瘾的吸烟者是否会因为这些警示图片而戒烟还是个未知数。
The inflexibility of currency pegs has long been cited as a reason for having floating rates.
人们早就把货币挂钩的不灵活性当做采取浮动汇率的一个理由了。
He simply USES education as a reason to raise taxes but he never intends to spend money on it.
他只是利用教育作为增加税收的理由，但是从来也没有把钱用在教育工作上的意图。
In both China and India, epilepsy is commonly viewed as a reason for prohibiting or annulling marriages.
在中国和印度，癫痫常常被看作是禁止结婚或无效婚姻的一个理由。
It's tragic when it happens, but it cannot be relied upon as a reason to spend every cent in the present.
这种事发生了，是个悲剧，而不是花完当下每一分钱的借口。
Inevitably those who resist tackling climate change point to the global nature of emissions as a reason not to act.
不可避免的是，那些反对阻止气候变化的人会把碳排放的全球性当为无所作为的理由。
Rising living costs are considered by almost everyone as a reason both for holding sales and for attending them.
几乎每个人都认为，生活费用不断上涨是举办旧货展卖和光顾旧货展卖的原因。
Q: You have also identified commercial pressures as a reason why research does not provide the answers patients need.
问：您也认定之所以研究未能为患者提供其所需要的答案，商业压力不能不说是其中一个原因。
But rather than look at that as a reason why riding buses and trains suck, we learn how to see that as an opportunity.
但是我们不把等待看作是乘坐公共汽车或列车的必要过程，而是当成放松的机会。
However, Internet analysts see only commercial goals, such as users-advertisers matching, as a reason behind this move.
然而，网络分析人士却从这一举动中只看到他们的商业目的，比如广告商用户匹配等。
Experts point to increasingly sedentary lifestyles and lack of access to fresh, healthy foods as a reason for this rapid increase.
专家们把这种快速增长的原因归结为久坐的生活方式和不够新鲜健康的饮食。
The theft of a laptop and the couple's mobile phones from the flat was rapidly dismissed as a reason for the murders by police.
警方迅速排除了谋杀的动机是为了偷窃一台手提电脑和这对情侣的手机。
I don't see that it's sensible to regard the risk of a population spike as a reason not to give people the best healthcare that we can.
因为人口上扬的风险而拒绝给予人们最好的医疗，我认为是一种不明智的理由。
He used the parlous public finances as a reason to justify why Italy's fiscal stimulus should be much smaller than in other big countries.
他用了不确定的公共经费来作为原因之一来解释为什么意大利财政刺激的规模应该大大小于比其他大国。
They also cited readily available junk food as a reason for their unhealthy eating habits and a main cause for their expanding waistline.
研究人员还举了现成的垃圾食品的例子，是这样的饮食习惯造成了他们的腰围不断扩大。
News of the impending Verizon-Google agreement was cited as a reason for abandoning the talks, said people familiar with the negotiations.
熟悉这一磋商的人士说，关于Verizon-谷歌协议的消息被认为是取消会谈的一个原因。
Others have even cited climate change as a reason for closing down nearby funeral parlors where paper offerings are burned throughout the day.
还有的人甚至指出附近的殡仪馆烧制烧香终日不绝，引起气候变暖。
Give yourself every opportunity you can - I use this as a reason why starting a company in silicon valley when it comes to tech is a good idea.
十一机会都是自己给的——作者将此作为开始在硅谷开公司的理由。
Some small firms cite this as a reason for listing on London's AIM market for young stocks; 50 American firms have done so, most of them since 2004.
一些小公司认为这是在伦敦AIM市场新股上市的理由；有五十家美国公司已经这样做了，大多数是2004年后上市。
Johnson: Are their any recent discoveries by linguists among small languages you can single out as a reason for preserving and learning more about them?
约翰逊：在语言学家对这些濒危语言的最新研究成果中，有没有哪一个可以作为我们保存和学习它们的理由？
Earlier this year, it was revealed that employers were more likely to accept back pain as a reason for not coming into work than stress or mental health.
今年早些时候的调查显示，比起压力大或者其他心理健康问题，雇主更能接受腰酸背痛这一病假理由。
Earlier this year, it was revealed that employers were more likely to accept back pain as a reason for not coming into work than stress or mental health.
今年早些时候的调查显示，比起压力大或者其他心理健康问题，雇主更能接受腰酸背痛这一病假理由。
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