他们会有很多的借口和理由为他们的行为做解释，但很多都是不坦白的。

There are often excuses and justifications given for this type of behavior, but most of them are disingenuous.

youdao

坦白说，如果我们已经有科学证据来证实，正是一些心智不健全的疯子在经营着华尔街和华府，以上所说的只是我们应尽义务的一小部分，而我们真正应该做的还有更多。

Frankly, if we have scientific proof that the inmates are running the Wall Street and Washington asylums, this is the least we should do - and we really should do a whole lot more.

youdao

坦白告诉你，我不欣赏你这种处理争端的手法。

To be quite frank with you, I do not appreciate your way of handing the dispute.

youdao

The hatta't also does not rid a sinner of their moral impurity, because the offering is brought after the sinner has confessed, after the sinner has repented.

净化祭是无法消除一个罪人的道德不洁的，因为祭品是在罪人坦白后忏悔后，才供上来的。

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