In 2006, VW engineers realised that a new diesel engine they had designed would not be powerful enough to satisfy car owners and not green enough to pass muster with regulators.

在2006年，大众工程师意识到，他们设计的新柴油发动机没有令车主满意的足够强大的动力，也不符合监管机构的环保要求。

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That raises the possibility that he will write a middling decision striking down preferences in the case at hand but leave open the possibility that they would pass muster under other circumstances.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Racial Preferences Redux

To those who insist that no reform will occur if the leverage of an election is squandered, the response should be, if the changes being sought are needed and appropriate, there is every reason to expect that they will pass muster in a more deliberative environment.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Don't do it

So long as a fair portion of the opposition participated in these, they would probably pass muster with America.

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