Most of A Q's behaviors are rational, a rational choice at a low cost.

阿Q的行为大都是理性的，是一种成本利益比较后的理性选择。

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I think trying to understand our world is a really complicated endeavor and it's important to have a sort of solid rational approach like science does."

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He was seen as a sexual renegade out to destroy the conception of people as good and rational and pure beings.

他被认为是支持性本能论的,其观点试图毁掉,人是善良理性而又纯粹的这一概念。

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These people knew more than anybody else about these things, and so consulting that oracle was a very rational act indeed.

这里的人比别地的人知道得多,所以请示神谕,实际上是有一定道理的

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If a rational person believes climate change is a certainty, he or she will also believe that climate policy is a rational response to manage that change.

FORBES: Global Warming and the English Language

For how can there be a rational basis for a ban that has been proven ineffective?

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Two centuries before Rand arrived on the scene, Adam Smith had already written The Wealth of Nations, a powerful treatise demonstrating why self-interest offers a more secure foundation for a rational society than a selfless dedication to the common good.

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