More and more people agree that expressions such as "LOL" and "hahaha" are making our speech more direct but less interesting and creative.

越来越多的人认为，像“LOL”和“哈哈哈”等表达方式让我们的言语变得更加直接，却少了一些趣味性和创造性。

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In truth, Mr Obama's speech today was less a blueprint of how to save America from fiscal ruin than a means to establish a stronger negotiating position.

事实上，奥巴马今天的讲话，不是提出如何拯救美国于财政废墟中的蓝图，而是为了占据有利的协商位置。

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Less than two months after her speech she was pushed aside.

在她发言不到两个月后就被排挤冷落了。

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He warned about the deepening recession in a speech in Virginia on Thursday, less than 2 weeks before he takes office.

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Maybe the answer, or an answer, to this question is revealed in the Crito, the companion dialogue, the companion speech that goes along with the Apology, although it typically gets much less attention than the Apology.

也许答案或任何一种响应，这个问题的答案都可在《克里托篇》寻得，这是柏拉图的另一篇语录，另一篇,与《苏格拉底自辩篇》等齐的辩论，但一般较少受到,与《苏格拉底自辩篇》等同的注意。

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The "is it okay" question pattern is something that you can use to make your speech a little less formal.

is it okay”问句能够让你说的话不过于正式。

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This was less a conference speech and more a national pep talk - a call to reject pessimism and to embrace the British spirit.

BBC: Tory conference: Cameron's national pep talk

At the same time, however, plenty of others demand that those same information and communications intermediaries do less to police speech online especially the speech that they strongly favor.

FORBES: Speech Policies for Information Platforms Are Hard

Observers expect no less from his speech on Tuesday night.

CNN: High stakes for Rubio's high-profile response to Obama