It means that our initial estimates of Numbers were off and we know that the community is going to react negatively (to put it mildly).

这表了解我们的初步揣测过失以及其他人的极少负面相应(说得婉转些)。

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Or to put it more mildly, are criticisms of the shortcomings of environmental education in Asia justified?More specifically, what should we as educationalists do about it?

或把它更加适度的讲，对亚洲环境教育缺点的批评是合乎情理的吗？

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"We are, to put it mildly, miffed as we had a contract to host the event in all three years, " said NIEC chief executive Janice McAleese.

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We all would question the arrogance of arbitrarily presuming to assign true worth to any sentient being: indeed, who are we to question value in a Creation that we had no hand in, to put it mildly.

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