Their inability to scowl seemed to impair their ability to see why pushy telemarketers or a lack of birthday wishes might make one's face fall.

他们无法动怒似乎削弱了他们的能力，让他们明白为什么咄咄逼人的电话推销员或没得到生日祝愿可能会让一个人沉下脸来。

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The result of all this is that climate scientists have, en masse, become Cassandras - gifted with the ability to prophesy future disasters, but cursed with the inability to get anyone to believe them.

这些变化的结果是，气候科学家一起变成了卡珊多萨- - -被赋予了预言未来灾难的能力，但是因为不能让人们相信他的预言而遭到诅咒。

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Women may suffer isolation, inability to work, loss of wages, lack of participation in regular activities and limited ability to care for themselves and their children.

妇女会有孤立感、无力工作、失去工资、缺乏正常活动的参与以及照顾自己和子女的能力受到限制。

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He can talk about product placement and quarterly margins all he wants, but he'll ultimately be judged on his ability--or inability--to turnaround his ratings-challenged network.

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