If you act defensively, get angry, or push back, your adviser will make a note to self: "I won't be doing this again."

如果你表现出抵触、生气或反驳，提建议的人就会告诉自己：“我不会再这么做了。”

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It's a very different kind of crafting, but yet it does replace reality in a similar way, or it makes demands on reality that push the real back.

是一种很不一样的工艺，却以同样的方式代替了现实，或者对现实提出要求。

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Some investors worry Mr. Hollande will slow France's efforts to trim its own deficit or push back against Germany's emphasis on fiscal austerity as the primary way to address the euro-zone debt crisis.

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Nor do manufacturers or airlines push back against reasonable procedures to assure operability.

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And, given the lack of outcry or meaningful push-back from Senators to date, whynot?

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