We should stick to the principles and be flexible as well.

既要有原则性，也要有灵活性。

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Although explicit values created more value contention, they were nonetheless more likely to produce flexible, well-reasoned decisions.

虽然明确的价值观创造了更多的价值争夺，但它们更有可能使人们做出灵活、合理的决定。

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"Well,one of the things that's interesting about these flexible sheets is that they can be curved, so you could imagine putting them in unconventional forms, like on the surface of a vehicle or something like that, where you don't have a flat surface."

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And I try to imagine, well, first, imagine being really, really stiff, because you're not flexible when you're a ball point pen.

让我试着想象，首先，想象自己变得非常僵硬，因为圆珠笔是不会动的。

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Governments will be sorely tempted to protect workers, but a flexible, well-educated labour force is likely to fare best in the transition.

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By using my the higher register of the baroque G alto recorder, without changing the original key of the music, the resulting tone color is more flexible as well as louder.

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Describing his role in the coalition, the deputy prime minister said that "in a fluid, fast-moving global economic environment, sticking to a plan requires government to be flexible, as well as resolute, nimble, as well as determined".

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