广告的作用就在于能使消费者相信他们尚未拥有这个商品或这种商品前所未有。
Ads can make consumers believe they've tried products that they haven't or that don't even exist.
你的名字会影响你的职业生涯这种想法是否有根据？或这种想法仅为统计上的巧合？
Is there any truth to the idea that your name affects your career, or is it merely statistical coincidence?
广告的作用就在于能使消费者相信他们尚未拥有这个商品或这种商品前所未有。克里斯多佛·一塔利亚塔写到。
Ads can make consumers believe they've tried products that they haven't or that don't even exist. Christopher Intagliata reports.
这种洗涤剂有粉状或液态两种。
我相信了这种大众神话，以为只要买上新车或再买栋房子就会最终幸福起来。
I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.
汽车使用一加仑这种新植物燃料或一加仑汽油可以开得一样远；但是一加仑植物燃料不但花费少，并且造成的污染更少。
A car can be driven as far on a gallon of the new plant-based fuel as a car can be driven on a gallon of gasoline, but a gallon of the plant-based fuel both costs less and results in less pollution.
这表明生活方式因素可能会有助于预防或延缓这种衰退。
This suggests the possibility that lifestyle factors might help prevent or delay this type of decline.
小心地把我们珍贵的文物放在纸上或卡片上的这种做法毫无意义，只会加速它们的灭亡。
There is no point whatsoever in carefully placing our valuable artifacts in paper or cards that is going to hasten their demise.
人们总是会对他们所得到的信息产生依赖，即使没有因果关系或没有任何理由表明这种信息会有任何影响。
People anchor to the information they were given, even though there's kind of no causality or no sort of reason why it should make any difference.
全球变暖预计会使这种树的栖息地显著减少或消失。
Global warming is expected to significantly reduce or eliminate this tree's habitat.
这种直觉不是武断的或非理性的，而是建立在多年艰苦的实践和建立技能的实际经验的基础上的。
This intuition is not arbitrary or irrational, but is based on years of painstaking practice and hands-on experience that build skills.
移民可以通过用他们在美国出生的孩子的名字租赁或购买土地来规避这种排他性法律。
Immigrants could circumvent such exclusionary laws by leasing or purchasing land in their American-born children's names.
几十年来，这正是这种设想不可行或甚至不被人们严肃对待的原因。
For decades that's exactly what's prevented the idea from being feasible or even just taken seriously.
任何人都可以缩小或完全克服这种所谓的差距，部分原因是我们每个人都远未充分利用大脑两个半球的全部能力。
The alleged gap can be narrowed or completely overcome by anyone, in part because each of us is far from using the full capacity of either side of the brain.
在最后一天，我感到父亲在拉我或推我，因为我不知道这种力量来自何处。
On the final day, I felt my father was pulling or pushing me, because I didn't know where this energy came from.
有时这种愤怒转化为身体攻击或暴力。
Sometimes this anger translates into physical aggression or violence.
在这种情况下，骨骼或外壳的原始成分会保留下来，但化石会变得更坚硬、更耐用。
In such cases, the original composition of the bone or shell remains, but the fossil is made harder and more durable.
这种缺陷是由于婴儿的上唇或嘴巴在出生前没有正常形成。
The defect happens when a baby's top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth.
通过这种方式，它们表明了自己的攻击性或交配意愿。
By this means, they signal their level of aggression or readiness to mate.
国会对廉价出售的后果一无所知：全球氦气价格被人为压低，以至于几乎没有人愿意回收这种物质或明智地使用它。
The Congress is ignorant of the consequence of fire sale: global helium prices are so artificially deflated that few can be bothered recycling the substance or using it judiciously.
根据这种观点，在学习或记忆存储（输入）和遗忘（输出）之间不断进行调整。
In this view, continual adjustments are made between learning or memory storage (input) and forgetting (output).
这种快速的过渡地带被称为“上树带线”或“林木线”。
This rapid zone of transition is called the upper timberline or tree line.
“婴幼儿时期健忘症反映了孩子们抑制或隐藏强烈感情的人生经历”这种假设也不能解释这个现象。
Nor does the hypothesis that infantile amnesia reflects repression—or holding back—of sexually charged episodes explain the phenomenon.
这种食品能吃，但是通常因为错误的标签或损坏的包装而卖不出去。
The food is edible, yet often unsalable because of incorrect labeling or damaged packaging.
实际上，这种代理制已经衰退。现在，大多数“代理人”都只把产品卖给自己或亲近的家人。
In practice, the agency system has decayed. Most "agents" now sell only to themselves or their immediate family.
根据自己的情况，你可以选择这种或那种方法。
Depending on your circumstances you can opt for one method or the other.
这种陷阱不用诱饵或其他引诱物。
研究主要表明，人在40多岁或50多岁时可能会有个停滞时期，或转变阶段，但是这种转变“会让人感到兴奋而非恐惧”。
The bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift "can be exciting, rather than terrifying".
亚裔美国人的多样性被忽视了；比如，很少有人会提到南亚裔或太平洋岛民这种说法。
The wide diversity of Asian Americans was overlooked; there was very little mention of South Asians or Pacific Islanders, for example.
在此项研究中，每一个参与者都要盯着电脑屏幕，一些像杯子或笔这种普通的物品出现在屏幕上。
For the study, each participant watched a computer screen while images of common objects, like a mug or a pen, appeared on the screen.
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