The mark of a civilized society is that it looks after its weakest members.
文明社会的特征是它关心最弱势群体。
The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.
本书的优点是对这个论点的基本事实有翔实的论述。
Another reason why I oppose going abroad for studies is that it would cost a considerable sum of money.
我反对出国留学的另一个原因是它需要花费很多钱。
Another reason is that it helps pupils to understand the culture and background of the society they live in.
另一个原因是它帮助学生了解他们所生活的社会的文化和背景。
The strongest motivation for the DUMAND project is that it will exploit an important source of information about the universe.
DUMAND 计划最强烈的动机是它将开发一个关于宇宙的重要信息来源。
The biggest benefit of being a captain is that it teaches me to be responsible and set an example for lower grade students.
作为一个队长最大的好处是它教会我要负责任，并为低年级学生树立榜样。
The beauty of the experimental design is that it effectively rules out confounding variables; acoustic isolation assures that the female can respond only to the song structure itself.
实验设计的美妙之处在于它有效地排除了混淆变量；声学隔离确保了雌性只能对鸣声结构本身做出反应。
One advantage is that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly.
这样做的一个好处是，对于演讲者来说，短单词的正确发音容易得多。
Another shortcoming is that it is not applicable to certain very muscular people such as athletes and bodybuilders, who can also have artificially high BMIs.
另一个缺点是它不适用于一些像运动员和健美运动员这样的肌肉发达的人，他们也可以有人为造成的身体质量指数偏高的情况。
The reason I think this painting is so important is that it stresses the impressionist aspect of Frantzen's style.
我认为这幅画很重要，因为它强调了弗兰岑的印象派风格。
The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it's really engineering one.
全球变暖的争论的问题在于，它已经成为了一个道德问题，但实际上它是一个工程学问题。
The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it's presented here is that it doesn't work very well for very long.
正如这里所指出的，社会疗法最明显的缺陷是它不能持久地发挥良好的作用。
The problem is that it still has to be transported by trucks or rail because they haven't built any pipelines to move it.
问题是，它仍然需要通过卡车或铁路运输，因为他们没有建造任何管道来运输它。
The picture of the world that would seem to emerge from this story is that it is a morally neutral place.
从这个故事看来，世界的景象是它在道德上是中立的。
The biggest problem facing Chile as it promotes itself as a tourist destination to be reckoned with, is that it is at the end of the earth.
当智利把自己推销成一个可重视的旅游目的地时，它面临的最大问题是，它是在地球的尽头。
The main argument against the interview as a selection procedure is that it results in a wholly subjective decision.
反对将面试作为招聘人才的方式的主要理由是面试会导致完全主观性的决定。
The thing about the scorpion badge is that it bestowed upon the car a certain specialness; this was no ordinary Fiat, but an Abarth.
这个蝎子车标的意义在于它赋予了这台车的独特之处；这不是一台普通的菲亚特，它是阿巴斯。
The word "yellow" in the second line of Tony the Tow Truck, its denotation is that it is a certain color, the color that Tony's garage is painted.
《托尼拖车》第二行中的“黄色”一词，它的意思是它是一种特定的颜色，托尼的车库被漆成的颜色。
The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity.
另一个巨大的挫折是，它还没有消除不安。
The problem with novelty, however, is that it tends to trigger the brain's fear system.
然而，新奇的问题是，它往往会触发大脑的恐惧系统。
An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about.
八卦的一个重要的负面影响是，它会伤害被谈论的人。
Another advantage of switching to corn ethanol is that it helps the American economy become less reliant on energy sources from other countries.
改用玉米乙醇的另一个好处是，它有助于减少美国经济对其他国家能源的依赖。
A common defense of sport hunting is that it serves a vital wildlife-management function, without which countless animals would succumb to starvation and disease.
运动狩猎的一个常见辩护是，它提供了至关重要的野生动物管理功能，没有它，无数的动物将会死于饥饿和疾病。
The advantage of biological control in contrast to other methods is that it provides a relatively low-cost, perpetual control system with a minimum of detrimental side-effects.
与其他方法相比，生物防治的优点是它提供了一种成本相对较低、有害副作用最小的永久性防治系统。
This only applies to American space activities, but the hope is that it will help standardize a set of norms in the dawning commercial spaceflight industry throughout the world.
这只适用于美国的航天活动，但希望是它将有助于使全世界商业航天工业的一套规范标准化。
One of the things I find interesting is that it tells you exactly how much memory is in each memory slot on themotherboard.
我发现一件有趣的事情是，它确切地告诉你在另一个板上的每个内存槽中有多少内存。
One reason the M.O.A., the organic analyzer is so impressive is that it tests not just for the presence of amino acids but also for the handedness of amino acids.
M.O.A 这种有机分析器令人印象深刻的原因之一是：它不仅检验了氨基酸是否存在，而且还测试出了氨基酸的旋向性。
Another interesting fact about hair is that it is very strong—as strong as iron in fact.
另一个关于头发的有趣的事实是，它非常结实——事实上和铁一样结实。
The answer, as you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study times.
正如你所推测的那样，答案是最好把学习时间分散开来。
Carli says that one of the most significant things about his study is that it provides new early-warning signs for parents, teachers and mental health-care providers.
卡利说，他的研究中最重要的一点是，它为家长、教师和精神卫生保健提供者提供了新的早期预警信号。
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