Is it acceptable for him to work late if it's only him and her?

如果只有他和她，那么共同工作到很晚是否可以接受？

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Is it acceptable to be seen with a boyfriend who actually goes out in public wearing jeans and Nikes with argyle socks?

你是否介意和穿着牛仔裤耐克鞋配菱形花纹袜子的男友一起出现在公共场合？

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Is it acceptable if the customer receives an error message, even though the order has actually been carried out in the back-end system?

消费者接收到错误消息是否可以接受？即便订单实际上已经在后端系统中执行了？

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"I think that text messaging has made students believe that it's far more acceptable than it actually is to just make screamingly atrocious spelling and grammatical errors."

VOA: special.2010.01.28

There is rationalization, which is that when you do something or think something bad you rationalize it and you give it a more socially acceptable explanation.

还有合理化，是指当你做坏事或有不良想法时,你会将行为合理化,为行为寻找一个更为社会接受的解释。

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"Whereas the oil industry may find it business as usual to have a certain number of spills, it is really not acceptable, especially in this day and age.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

Is it acceptable to leave the Blackberry on the hotel nightstand when you venture to Disney World?

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Is it acceptable, he asks, that Spain must borrow at 6% while Germany can raise money almost for free?

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If he concludes that this is actually not bringing money into the Exchequer and presumably putting some people off at the top end, is it acceptable for that to go?

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