My theory is that if one is doing it, all do it until the first one has the courage to break off—it's peer pressure.

我的理论是，如果有人开始做这类节目，其他人也都会做下去，直到第一个人有勇气挣脱为止——这是同行压力。

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Sometimes an experiment kills off a pet theory, so you need a willingness to accept the evidence even if you don't like it.

有时候试验会扼杀尚未成型的理论，因此你要坦然接受得到的证据，即使不是你希望看到的。

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In theory the damage is safely contained off Banks' balance sheets.

从理论上说，这种损失可以在银行的资产负债表之外安枕无虞。

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I want to start off with the wrong theory of the emotions.

我想从错误情感理论开始讲起。

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They might say my sample period was off, ... but that's what the theory-- ... using my data for the sample period that I computed-- the expected returns and co-variances says one should do.

他们可能说我的采样周期是有问题的，不过我的结果都是靠理论-,我采用自己收集的数据计算出-,预期收益和协方差可以用来指导我们的投资行为。

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Again, without drifting off into theory too much, the way the pads represent notes has been arranged so that you can rattle off scales, chords, etc. if you so wish.

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So, in theory off-peak fares could increase but peak fares could potentially decrease.

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Dr. Kennett prosecuted his case with gusto, also suggesting that the impact had extinguished North American mammoths, just as an earlier impact had finished off the dinosaurs (a theory hard to reconcile with the survival of mammoths for thousands of years longer on islands off Siberia and Alaska, where hunters could not reach them).

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