Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.

征税原则上不受大众欢迎，只是联系背景看是可接受的。

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Professor Ye, the glass wall is acceptable, but there is a principle is not on the bed.

叶教授认为，玻璃墙饰可以接受，但是有一个原则是不宜对床。

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Apart from the slim chance that the Bancrofts would put tradition and principle before money, the biggest risk to Mr Murdoch was that another buyer, more acceptable to the family, would appear.

除了Bancroft家族有些许可能会更看中传统和原则而不是钱财，默多克先生所面临的最大风险就是会有其他更被该家族看好的买家出现。

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Keynesian boondoggles are acceptable in principle, they say, but they cite Japan in the 1990s as proof that such spending does not always stimulate the economy: better to boost businesses' cashflow by easing their tax burden.

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Robert Elms, a transplant surgeon at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, believes the principle of compensation would be more acceptable to many than payment.

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The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin said chancellor George Osborne rejects the target and the coalition was seeking a compromise acceptable to the Lib Dems such as committing to the principle but leaving details until after the next election.

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