"I had five dogs," he said, casting about for the easiest way to temper his refusal.

“我有五只狗，”他说道，寻思着如何才能以最简单的方式不令自己的拒绝伤害到对方。

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So central Banks and bank regulators need to act in concert to temper the credit cycle.

所以央行和银行监管者需要一致的行动来熨平信贷周期。

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Instead, politicians and drivers will have to wait for high prices to temper demand and stimulate extra supply.

政客和司机们将不得不等待高昂的价格来缓和需求和刺激额外供给。

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says there are some encouraging signs about the economy, but he was quick to temper expectations.

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Between Slavophiles and westernizers, those are the people that look inside Russia to finding what they think to be eternal truth and those people who want to temper such looks with a look to the west.

俄国现在有斯拉夫派和西化派,一些人是希望基于俄国国情找到一种永恒真理,而另一些人则是希望,调和西方文化和俄国本土文化

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Her temper overwrought me, ] And I edged to shun her view For I felt assured she thought me One who should drown him too.

她的性情，诗人接着说，让我紧张烦恼，我慢慢的避开她的观点，离开月光,因为我断言，她认为我,应该也会溺死他。

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But in the meantime the spirit of new beginnings is a hard one to temper.

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And so what we did--I mean, for the first few months we tried to temper it.

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Should Mr. Sharif win office, he is likely to temper his approach, predicted retired Maj.

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