They can be defensive if challenged, because they are their thoughts.

他们可以防御如果挑战，因为他们是他们的想法。

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You will be steadfast in your goals or intention and, if challenged, will take up the gauntlet and win.

你会对你的目标的坚定不移，如果有挑战，要挑战并取得胜利。

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If challenged by Mead, the girls would not have hesitated to tell the truth, but Mead never questioned their stories.

如果米德对她们有所质疑，姑娘们会毫不犹豫地告诉她实情，可米德却从未提出疑问。

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Now, these comments, frankly, are brain-damaged, or computationally challenged if you prefer.

现在，这些注释，实在点说，没什么用，或者说是对计算有挑战的,如果你喜欢这么说的话。

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So, you'd have a whole bunch of people selling securities down there and they could vacate quickly if the authorities challenged you.

接下来,你雇了一群人,在这间地下室里帮你出售证券,如果政府想要发难,他们可以快速撤离

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If challenged, just stick out your cheekbones like the good professor and insist that your grandma told you stories.

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And it threw out a law that freed incumbent politicians from many campaign spending restrictions if challenged by a rich opponent.

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Any patents that were granted under the appeals court's relatively low bar for receiving a patent will stand--however, they are subject to the Supreme Court's standard if challenged.

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