另一个促使人们倾向于否定本性难移假设的因素是，这一概念经常被滥用，被当作大多数不人道行为的挡箭牌。
Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed.
格林斯潘把预测的困难当作主要挡箭牌。
The difficulties of forecasting served as a key defense for Mr. Greenspan.
说来很遗憾，这些事实对那些以杀植物论点为挡箭牌的吃肉的人不起什么作用。
Sad to say, these facts make little or no impression on the flesh-eaters who seek refuge in the plant-killing argument.
但是，仅仅因为您无法进行精确、详细和长期的预测，并不能作为逃避回答这三个问题的挡箭牌。
Just because you can't make accurate, detailed, long-term predictions, though, doesn't give you a free pass not to answer the three questions.
他没病，这只是遁词；控股公司只是一个挡箭牌。
He wasn't sick — it was just a subterfuge; the holding company was just a blind.
我手里拿着一个文件夹，预备着必要时拿来当挡箭牌。
I kept a binder in my hands, ready to use it as a shield if necessary.
婴儿潮也不是卫生保健系统成本高涨的主因。但由于婴儿潮这代人人口众多，且日渐步入老龄，所以总被拿来作为卫生保健系统成本高涨的挡箭牌。
Nor are baby-boomers, though they are often blamed for health-care inflation because there are a lot of them and they are getting old.
婴儿潮也不是卫生保健系统成本高涨的主因。但由于婴儿潮这代人人口众多，且日渐步入老龄，所以总被拿来作为卫生保健系统成本高涨的挡箭牌。
Nor are baby-boomers, though they are often blamed for health-care inflation because there are a lot of them and they are getting old.
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