Many have reservations, but keep these to themselves in what they perceive as a climate hostile to the pursuit of understanding for its own sake and the idea of an inquiring, creative spirit.

许多人对此有所保留，但在他们所认为的一种不利于为求知而求知和追求探究、创造精神的气氛中，他们却把这些保留了下来。

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The Klatooinians greatly revere age and experience, for it is the mark of true strength to survive to an advanced age in so hostile a climate.

克拉图因人强烈崇拜年龄与学识，因为在如此恶劣的环境，长寿标志着一个人真正的实力。

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The only promise that the new administrator seemed to give was to provide a regulatory climate not hostile to business.

新的管理者似乎只给出了一个承诺，就是提供管理环境而不敌视商业。

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For a start, the board's worries about the large bonuses that Messrs Kozlowski and Swartz were stuffing into their pockets appear to have materialised well after the payments took place and in a more hostile and threatening legal climate.

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The hostile climate would make cleaning up a big oil spill hugely challenging, environmentalists say.

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