Though he acknowledges that engineering works can fail because the person who thought them up or engineered them simply got things wrong, in this book Dr. Petroski widens his view to consider the larger context in which such failures occur.

尽管彼得罗斯基博士承认，由于设计工程项目或实施项目的人会犯错，工程项目可能会失败，但他在这一本书中进一步拓宽了自己的观点，将更多可能导致失败的因素考虑了进来。

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He acknowledges them.

他承认这些分歧。

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But he acknowledges it is not pure altruism.

但他承认，这并非基于纯粹的利他主义。

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He acknowledges his accomplishments pale by comparison, and suggests that his award might be more about hope than accomplishments.

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And he acknowledges here finally that the ideal of virginity is an ideal for which women are typically praised - and of course this goes without saying.

最后他也承认,关于妇女通常被赞美的童贞理想只是空想,当然这是不言而喻的。

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No sooner has the speaker asked this question -- and you see this rhythm, this dynamic, appear continually throughout Lycidas - he asks the question, and then immediately he acknowledges the inadequacy of the question.

刚问完这个问题--这种节奏，这种动态是贯穿《利西达斯》始终的,-刚问完这个问题，弥尔顿又立即承认了,这个问题是不适当的。

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"To say that you can easily replace such a successful product is an exaggeration, " he acknowledges.

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Though he acknowledges the possibility of a link, Mr. Pollini cautions against overemphasizing such things.

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There's a lot of art there, " he acknowledges, "but you must be supporting your product.

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