If I were Kate, I might have hoped for something with a little bit less bad juju.
如果我是凯特，我可能有点希望得到只是一个小点儿的符咒。
This kind of structure, avoiding many of TARP’s flaws, makes for a less bad “bad bank.”
这样的结构，避免了许多TARP的缺陷，造就成一个不太坏的“坏银行”了。
When asked my opinion of Chinese textbooks, I tend to rate them from ‘bad’ to ‘less bad.’
如果你问我对汉语教材的意见，我对他们的评语是从“差”到“不太差”。
My job is hard, but it has its compensations, ie pleasant aspects that make it seem less bad.
工作虽苦，但也有所补偿(有好的方面因而不觉得太苦)。
"If the ECB had been more proactive, the recession would have been less bad," says Marco Annunziata of UniCredit.
“如果欧洲央行能更有前瞻性，及早出手，衰退本来应该轻一些。”意大利联合信贷银行的马可·安努齐亚塔说。
Now, home sales are showing some life, Ms. Carroll said. 'It's less bad, but it sure ain't like it used to be. '
卡罗尔说，目前住房的销售正在显现一些生机。她说，情况缓和了一些，但肯定赶不上过去的样子。
Earnings are still less bad, rather than genuinely good, however, and that's not doing much to reinvigorate investors.
收益仍然有些糟糕，而不是真正的让人满意，对恢复投资者的信心没有什么作用。
Since firms cannot eat into stocks for ever, and exports can hardly fall much more, the second quarter ought to be less bad.
考虑到公司不可能一直用存货，出口不可能再下降，第二季度情况会好一些。
So they sort of dress it up in this sort of cleavage between the really bad and the less bad [militants], that that is the strategy.
所以他们提出了所谓真正坏的激进分子和不那么坏的激进分子的区别，并说这就是他们的战略。
But what other people in my social environment had done, and their guilt, were in any case a lot less bad than what Hanna had done.
但在我的生活环境里有些人做过的事情，他们的罪行，不论怎么说，与汉娜相比，都有过之而无不及。
Brother said that in fact no big deal, do not think too much, or your psychological endurance of these girls are a little less bad.
哥哥说，其实没什么大不了的，不要想太多，或者你们这些女生的心理承受力是差那么一点点。
But this does not mean using four repositories is good, only that it is less bad than running two repositories with extreme latency.
但这并不意味着使用4个储存库就很好，而是比运行两个储存库时延迟有所改善。
And all meat contributes to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and so on. Some meat may be "less bad," but according to the science, no meat is good.
而且所有的肉都有导致心脏病、癌症和糖尿病，有的肉可能不那么差，但根据科学研究，没有肉是有益的。
Against this background, Mr Lascelles gives the FSA grudging praise: "It's not so much that it has been good but that it has been less bad than elsewhere."
在这种情况下，Lascelles先生给了英国金融监管局（FSA）颇为勉强的赞扬：“虽然他们做的不算好，但也不比其他地方来的差。”
I'm aware that Congress is under enormous pressure to agree to the Paulson plan in the next few days, with at most a few modifications that make it slightly less bad.
我很清楚，国会正承受无比巨大的压力，要在最近几天之内通过保尔森方案，最多只是无关痛痒的小修改，以便看上去不那么糟糕。
Perhaps Eric's gratitude made people feel better, or at least less bad? Or perhaps saying thanks boosted the helper's self-esteem, which in turn motivated them to help again.
或许是Eric的感谢信让人有优越感或至少不是没道德的，也或许说“谢谢”能提高帮助者的自尊，从而使他们更有动力再次帮助别人。
Though I desperately wanted to lay blame elsewhere, I finally had to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination.
尽管我极力想把责任推卸到其他地方，但最终不得不承认，我的坏习惯与新时代的技术没什么关系，而与传统的拖延症关系更大。
From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit.
从社会的角度来看，看手机不太像在公共场合打嗝，而更像另一种坏习惯。
Robert Post of the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion in Washington says the message people can take from these guidelines is simple: Eat more of the good food and less of the bad.
华盛顿营养政策及推广中心的罗伯特·波斯特说，民众需要从这些建议中得到的信息很简单，这就是多吃好食物，少吃坏食物。
So it would be fair to count a bad vote less if it comes after another bad vote by that user.
这就是为什么一旦有用户投了坏票后，如果这用户接下来还投坏票，他的票数就会被少计，这会显得相当的公正。
They are less about reforming my bad habits, and more about particular projects that I want to undertake.
其中更多的内容是关于我想开展的具体项目，而不是改正我的坏习惯。
This way, the deli-meat and other perishables you bought will have less chance of going bad, and your morning routine will be more consistent.
用这种方式，你买了熟食肉和其他易坏食物才不会变质，而你每天早上也会变得更加规律。
Other studies have shown similar, if less extreme, reactions to bad cases of acne.
其它研究也说明了不良青春痘病例的相似反应。
Lenders who cannot distinguish good borrowers from bad become less willing to lend to anyone.
那些出借人由于不能分辨贷款人的好坏，变得不愿意将钱出借。
Thus, they may be less willing to tolerate any bad behaviors from their husbands (and less willing to stay married) because they don't need their husbands as much.
这样，她们也许更不愿去容忍丈夫的任何不良行为(不愿意保持婚姻)。因为她们对丈夫的需求不多。
But imagine that you travel a lot all around Asia, and that you have some direct reports or peers that you see only once a month, or less. Too bad if they happen to have you on a "low-EQ day".
但是试想一下，如果你远行至亚洲，要做一些重要报告，或者要会见一位你一月才能见一次的同事，很不幸，正好赶上了你情商低下的日子，这就惨了。
But imagine that you travel a lot all around Asia, and that you have some direct reports or peers that you see only once a month, or less. Too bad if they happen to have you on a "low-EQ day".
但是试想一下，如果你远行至亚洲，要做一些重要报告，或者要会见一位你一月才能见一次的同事，很不幸，正好赶上了你情商低下的日子，这就惨了。
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