The Hobbesian citizen is not likely to be a risk-taker, like George Washington or Andrew Carnegie.
霍布斯的公民是不可能做冒险家的,就像乔治·华盛顿和安德鲁·卡内基一样。
The way they swarm or flock together does not usually get good press coverage either: marching like worker ants might be a common simile for city commuters, but it's a damning, not positive, image.
它们蜂拥或聚集在一起的方式通常不会得到媒体的正面报道:城市的通勤者往往会被比喻成像工蚁一样行进,但这种比喻是一个不佳的、负面的形象。
Magazines and other periodicals will be delivered to your door like clockwork, whether you read them or not.
无论你是读还是不读,杂志和一些期刊会像时钟一样准时的送到你家门口。
A year from now (or less if you're not such a scaredy-cat like I was), you just might not be imagining that loving the morning scenario anymore.
一年之后(也许会更短,如果你不是像我一样的胆小的话),你可能再也不会想象自己热爱早晨的场景了。
Whether you like a piece or not is important, but you should be able to explain why you like a particular piece and be able to talk about its historical and musical context.
你是否喜欢一部作品很重要,但是你应该能够解释你为什么喜欢某部作品,并且能够谈论它的历史和音乐背景。
These friends-of-friends, people we might spend time with at social or work gatherings, might not be like us but they can still have a positive influence because we share the same sort of interests.
这些朋友的朋友,我们可能会一起进行社交或工作聚会的人,也许不像我们,但他们仍然会产生积极的影响,因为我们有相同的兴趣。
With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had come to be perceived, wisely or not, as a last chance.
随着旧的生活方式注定要失败,像这样的铝项目已经被看作是最后的机会,无论明智与否。
I like to simplify, organize and not be stressed about having things too detailed or complicated.
我喜欢简化,有组织,不想被过去详细和复杂的事情所烦恼。
Perhaps that is because computers are less visibly polluting, or their use is not deemed, like air travel, to be frivolous and unnecessary.
或许,这是因为电脑的污染更加不易被察觉,或者其之使用不像航空飞行一样被认为是不重要且不必要的。
Be careful not to 'cherry-pick' data: don't choose just what you like, or what supports your objective.
注意别“优选”数据:别选择一些只是您喜欢的,或者支持您的目标的。
For right or wrong, for good or bad, whether you like it or not, your children's idea of God is going to be largely determined by the kind of father you are.
无论正确的或错误的,好的或坏的,不管你喜欢与否,你是怎样的父亲,决定了你的孩子对神的认识。
Whether you like to travel or not, these spots should not be missed.
不管你是否喜欢旅行,这些景点都是不容错过的。
You should know your team well enough to know whether or not something like that would be positive reinforcement for them.
你必须对自己的团队有很好的了解,要弄清楚对于他们来说类似的东西是否真的可以起到正向强化的作用。
She says that the goods and services provided by nature - like clean air, rain or fertile soils - should not be taken for granted.
她说,大自然提供的物质与服务,比如清洁空气、雨水和肥沃的土壤,不应被认为是当然的存在。
If "everybody is like that" - if everybody must be like that - we need not feel guilty about our own self-interested behavior or try to change it.
如果“每个人都像那样”——如果每个人都一定像那样——我们不需要为自己的自私行为感到自责,也不需要努力去改变它。
Pregnant women should also be told that moderate physical activity, like cycling to work, will not harm them or their unborn children.
孕妇应该被告知适度的体力活动,如骑自行车上班,不会伤害到她们或她们未出生的孩子。
Whether you like it or not, we are living in a world where things can only be done with the support of others.
无论是否情愿,我们生活在这样一个世界,只有得到别人的帮助,人才能办成事情。
Batteries like this will not be able to run a motor or energize most light bulbs.
像这样的电池还不能为发动机或者大部分的灯泡提供能量。
The Palestinians like to say, accurately or not, that the wall can be seen from outer space.
也许巴勒斯坦人的说法不太准确,在他们看来这堵墙来自外太空。
Mr Obama's team must recognise this or they, like their predecessors, will come to be seen as part of the problem, not the solution.
奥巴马先生的团队必须意识到这些,否则,他们就会像其前任将被视为问题而非解决方案的一部分。
That cute puppy or kitten is not like a stuffed toy that can be left alone when you are finished with it.
那只可爱的小狗或者小猫并不只是像那些没有生命的玩偶,当你玩累了就丢在一旁。
A setting like this, which exempts a connection from security, should be used with great caution, or not at all.
这样的设置—免除连接的安全性—使用时要非常小心,或者根本不要使用。
Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.
在线路的某个地方,在化身或其他东西里,如果你想要,你不仅能渴望成为一个演员,也能成为一个出色的演员,你想现在是被困住了。
It would not be difficult to improve on the graphics, like drawing the bars in 3d or using different colors.
对图形进行改进也不是很困难,您可以用3d效果绘制条形。或是使用不同的颜色。
It is troublesome to try to enter Strings that you do not know offhand, or that would be difficult to type, like long alphanumeric Strings.
对于输入不知道的字符,或是难于输入的字符(例如长的包括字母和数字的字符)是比较棘手的。
And, while you might not be retiring or getting promoted anytime soon, you might like to take a week or two off.
尽管你也可能不会退休,不会快速地获得晋升,但是你也想偶尔来上一两周休假吧。
Whether that's true or not, losing an exec like Bradley would be a major blow for the company, particularly during this transition and, clearly, Whitman realizes that.
不管此事是否属实,失去像布拉德利这样的高管对惠普而言将是一次重大打击,尤其是在目前这个转折关头。显然,惠特曼对此心知肚明。
It's a marketplace that I argue should not be allowed to be wagered on like a stock or bond.
我一直强调这个市场并不像股票和债券市场那样可以赌一把。
Sprawling, crowded, hectic, serendipitous: like it or not, London as a whole seems to be kept going by a form of raw energy.
无计划的征地,拥挤的人群,狂热的氛围,偶发事件:不论喜欢与否,伦敦将由一股自然的能量推动着继续前进。
Sprawling, crowded, hectic, serendipitous: like it or not, London as a whole seems to be kept going by a form of raw energy.
无计划的征地,拥挤的人群,狂热的氛围,偶发事件:不论喜欢与否,伦敦将由一股自然的能量推动着继续前进。
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