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。
他承认这些分歧。
He acknowledges his belief in God.
他承认信仰上帝。
But he acknowledges it is not pure altruism.
但他承认，这并非基于纯粹的利他主义。
However, he acknowledges one potential snag: complexity.
尽管如此，他还是承认了一个潜在的问题：复杂性。
He acknowledges, however, that a foreign partner is needed.
然而，他也承认与外国合作是必要的。
He acknowledges that shrinking Detroit is a painful necessity.
他承认精简底特律是痛苦但必须的。
But he acknowledges that it is not a normal commercial party.
但是他也承认这不是一个普通的商业团体。
"There's just too many of these books out there," he acknowledges.
他承认：“市面上，这样的书太多了”。
However, he acknowledges the problem but says it's a broader issue.
他坦承确有此类问题，但声称这实际是个更广泛的问题。
But he acknowledges that this doesn't solve the problem altogether.
但他承认，这并不完全解决问题。
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
男人只有在承认自己是骗子的时候才最真实。
An overhasty shutdown, he acknowledges, would cause electricity shortages and disrupt people's lives.
他承认操之过急地关闭核电站会造成用电短缺，干扰人们的日常生活。
He acknowledges that Iran is stirring the Iraqi pot but has no time for the shriller forms of Iran-bashing.
他承认伊朗正在摇动伊拉克这个壶但是没有时间来面对伊朗形式尖锐的指责。
He acknowledges though that, unlike 1900, transporting oneself to 1973 might actually be worthwhile for many.
尽管如此他承认，不同于1900年，返回1973年对很多人来讲是值得的。
True, he acknowledges, clouds are ephemeral, "magicked into being" by the atmosphere and constantly changing.
这话的确没错，平尼也承认浮云是大气制造的“魔法”，它们转瞬即逝而且不断变化。
Before anyone ever puts Gentry's FHE technology to work, its performance will have to improve, he acknowledges.
在任何人希望将Gentry的FHE技术投入到实际工作之前，其性能还需要改善，他承认这点。
Although he acknowledges the lively interest in the topic, he says the whole search for solar siblings is dubious.
他承认现在对这一主题的研究很活跃，但是他说寻找太阳兄弟姐妹这一工作很没有把握。
"Children must lift the culture," Nils Peder says, though he acknowledges the pressures of outside cultural influences.
“尼尔·彼得接着说，“孩子们必须提升我们的文化。””不过他也承认外界文化影响带来了压力。
AstraZeneca's boss, Mr Brennan, is a former drugs salesman and he acknowledges that companies may have gone too far.
阿斯利康公司总裁布伦南曾经做过药品推销员，他也承认制药企业可能在这方面做过头了。
That would be expensive, he acknowledges, “but the cost of not tackling the rise in unemployment may well be much greater”.
他承认，那样花费很大，但用来解决除失业率攀升以外的其他问题的花费会更大。
Yet he acknowledges that, though "the [Turkish] ship is steady, the seas are choppy, a storm might erupt at any time."
不过他承认，虽然“[土耳其]这条船很稳定，但是大海波涛汹涌，暴风雨随时可能发生。”
He acknowledges that science favours Numbers, and argues that happiness statistics can be more objective than one might think.
他承认科学偏爱数字，但同时也争辩道，幸福感数据远比人们想象的更加客观。
He acknowledges that a lot more research needs to be done in the field, and he's the first to admit his model is not foolproof.
他承认在此领域仍有待大量研究，而且他首先得承认他的模型并不尽善尽美。
That would be expensive, he acknowledges, "but the cost of not tackling the rise in unemployment may well be much greater".
他承认，那样花费很大，但用来解决除失业率攀升以外的其他问题的花费会更大。
He acknowledges he must begin saving money for an apartment, but he resents being judged by his inability to purchase property.
但小张承认必须开始攒钱买房，不过他讨厌用能否买得起房来衡量他的能力。
He acknowledges he must begin saving money for an apartment, but he resents being judged by his inability to purchase property.
但小张承认必须开始攒钱买房，不过他讨厌用能否买得起房来衡量他的能力。
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