Statistics that come from "historical surveys" are really not very effective tools because the filter of interpretation plays too large a role.

来自于“历史调查”的统计数据真的不是很有效的工具，因为对其的筛选过程扮演了非常重要的角色。

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Once NMD is deployed, no matter whether it is really effective or not, it would further strengthen the U.S. tendency towards unilateralism, and the tendency to use or threaten to use force.

一旦美国部署了NMD，无论其是否真正有效，都会进一步助长美国在国际事务中的单边主义及使用或威胁使用武力的倾向。

youdao

The concepts of privacy and decency are so slippery (and class-bound) that they are not really the stuff of effective (or desirable) legislation when it comes to the press.

隐私和雅致的概念是含糊的（和阶级约束的），因此在报界不是有效的（或理想的）立法的概念。

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But you would have to ask whether the circumstances that have caused that epidemic of kidnapping in Columbia are similar in this situation, whether we have circumstances where, like in Columbia there's really not sufficiently effective law and order in many regions.

NPR: The Morality of Negotiating with Kidnappers

So it???s really not the most effective way to try and deal with a serious economic problem.

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I'm sure there are games that advocate a certain political issue, but they're generally going to be lame games, and if they're no fun to play, they're not really going to be effective.

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