Small disruptions create small societal shifts; big ones change things for good.
小的干扰会造成小的社会变化；大的干扰会对事物造成永久性的变化。
From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit.
从社会的角度来看，看手机不太像在公共场合打嗝，而更像另一种坏习惯。
As we move from the industrial age to the information age, societal demands on our mental capabilities are no less taxing.
随着我们从工业时代过渡到信息时代，社会对我们的思维能力的要求也越来越高。
Such lasting effects may be due to girls' realizing not only how they were being influenced but also who was benefiting from the societal pressure to be thin.
这种持久的影响可能是因为女孩们不仅意识到自己受到了怎样的影响，还意识到谁从要求变瘦的社会压力中受益。
It reflected the fact that these decades saw a climb in general standards of living and avoidance of mass societal traumas like full-scale war or economic deprivation.
它反映了这样一个事实：在过去的几十年里，人们的总体生活水平有所提高，并且避免了大规模战争或经济匮乏等大规模社会创伤。
On a societal level, one could even imagine that a lack of conversational flow may hamper the integration of immigrants who have not completely mastered the language of their new country yet.
在社会层面上，人们甚至可以想象，缺乏交流可能会阻碍尚未完全掌握新国家语言的移民们融入社会。
Improving dietary habits is a societal, not just an individual problem.
改进饮食习惯是一个社会问题，而不仅是个人的问题。
She is developing a societal model of Sudan with a team of about 40 researchers.
她和一个由40余名研究者组成的研究团队开发了一个苏丹的社会模型。
When it comes to measuring societal welfare, we will have to look to other metrics.
谈到衡量社会福祉，我们将不得不考虑其它指标。
And there's the rub. There are no rules or even societal norms for friendship breakups.
问题是，对于朋友之间的分手，并没有什么规则可言，甚至没有社交惯例可循。
The Web has created a societal shift in the way we organize, access, and use information.
对于我们组织、访问和使用信息的方式，Web已经创造了巨大的社会变革。
But they are increasingly thought of as a measure of societal well-being, which they are not.
但是它们越来越被认为是衡量社会福祉的一个指标，但它们不是。
But they also offer concrete ideas on addressing the problems, from a personal and societal level.
同时这两本书也从个人和社会角度提供了解决这些问题的具体方法。
In the meantime, he's doubtful that the search for societal answers will prove all that fruitful.
同时，他很怀疑在社会中寻找答案是否会有结果。
Some computer scientists already talk of the birth of “societal information-technology systems”, or SIS.
一些计算机科学家已谈到“社会信息技术系统（SIS）”的诞生。
Changing the level of physical activity raises challenges for the individual but also at societal level.
改变身体活动水平在个人以及社会层面上都造成挑战。
He recognized that not only societal responsibility but personal responsibility was needed to combat poverty.
他意识到对抗贫困不仅仅是社会责任也是个人责任。
Each type of network has its own focus area, member size, geographical spread, societal impact and objective.
每一种网络都具有自己独特的关注领域、成员规模、地域分布、社会影响和目标。
And in broad societal impact, he might have fallen short of the man who popularized the automobile, Henry Ford.
在对社会影响的广泛性方面，他也略逊将汽车带入大众生活的亨利·福特一筹。
It raises important scientific and societal issues: we now have an unprecedented opportunity to learn about life.
这引发了重要的科学和社会学议题：我们现在有了史无前例的机会去认识生命。
Rising labour mobility and the accelerating pace of societal change mean that information goes stale more quickly than ever.
劳动力流动性在提高，社会变革也在加速，这些意味着一次普查结果的有效期越来越短。
LR must prove that in Mexico violence against women is pervasive and that there is a societal perception that this is acceptable.
LR必须证明，在墨西哥，针对妇女的暴力行为无处不在，并且社会普遍认为，这种行为是可以接受的。
Also, Nisbett's work demonstrates how elastic the mind is in that societal changes will inevitably affect the way the brain works.
此外，尼斯贝特的工作证实了思想的可塑性，社会的变化将不可避免地影响到大脑的工作方式。
For whatever reasons, be they biological, evolutional, or societal, the onus of human parenthood has traditionally fallen on the mother.
无论由于什么原因，生物学的、进化的，还是社会的原因，人类亲子关系的责任在传统上已经落在了母亲身上。
Economic growth makes almost any societal problem easier to solve, but growth doesn't guarantee better lives -or better health -for everyone.
经济增长能促使几乎任何社会问题得以轻易解决，但增长并不能保证每个人过上更美好的生活或变得更健康。
It is these philosophies which have endured and stood out in European and Asian history and even today their tenets are reflected in societal norms.
这些哲学经历了欧洲和亚洲的历史洗礼，且脱颖而出，甚至今天的社会规范也体现着它们的宗旨。
It is these philosophies which have endured and stood out in European and Asian history and even today their tenets are reflected in societal norms.
这些哲学经历了欧洲和亚洲的历史洗礼，且脱颖而出，甚至今天的社会规范也体现着它们的宗旨。
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