That nonsense was ended by an edict from no less a wielder of strong opinion than Teddy Roosevelt.
但这样的荒唐论调被一道诏书给废止了,颁布这道诏书的正是一言九鼎的西奥多·罗斯福。
As a linguist once said, "You can get people to think it's nonsense at the same time that you buy into it. “
正如一位语言学家曾经说过的那样:“你可以让人们认为它是无稽之谈,但同时你又对它深信不疑。”
In a loud, hectoring tone, Alan told us that he wasn't going to waste time discussing nonsense.
阿兰大声威吓地对我们说,他不会浪费时间讨论这些没用的事情。
The brag is almost always nonsense, but there are those around who reckon that wine can deliver decent investment returns.
这种吹嘘通常都是胡说八道,但是周围也有一些人认为葡萄酒能够带来相当的投资回报。
There are the parents who cite their own children's hectic schedules as anecdotal proof that the data are nonsense.
有些父母以自己孩子密密麻麻、目不暇接的日程表为依据,来说明那些数据是胡扯。
One longtime critic, Les Perelman, has drawn national attention several times for putting together nonsense essays that have fooled software grading programs into giving high marks.
皮瑞尔曼是一位资深评论家,曾把一些毫无意义的文章拼凑在一起,骗过了评分软件并给了他高分,这多次引起了全国的注意。
As a linguist once said, "You can get people to think it's nonsense at the same time that you buy into it."
正如一位语言学家曾经说过的那样:“你可以让人们认为这是无稽之谈,但同时你又会相信它。”
First of all, the notion being peddled in much of the British media that customers who are quite sensibly avoiding BA now will never return is nonsense.
首先,从众多英国媒体散布的概念来看:对于那些相当明显地回避英航公司顾客将不会返回的说法是没有意义的。
Because the Basel III rules will be enforced by national regulators, who wouldn't rush to put their national banking system out of business, I think that number is nonsense.
因为巴塞尔公约III要由各国决策人强制执行,而他们不会急着要自己国家的银行系统关张,所以我觉得这个数字是胡说八道。
He said, "Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that." That's nonsense.
他说:“不要听信那些说你不能做这个或者那个的人,他们都是胡说八道。”
It's nonsense, the idea that if you wait to marry, there will be no good men left, particularly given the gender imbalance in China.
有种论调是如果你不早点结婚,好男人就都被人抢走了。这完全是无稽之谈,尤其是考虑到中国性别比例失衡的状况。
All of that is nonsense, of course, as a well-argued paper published online today by public health doctors at Harvard and elsewhere makes clear.
今天在一篇在网上发表的论文证明这纯属无稽之谈,该论文论据充分,作者是哈弗大学及其他单位的公众健康医生。
Sometimes we get confused or think in an incoherent manner - sometimes we say things that are simply nonsense.
有时我们感到困惑,在思考上前后矛盾——有时我们胡说八道。
"Nonsense," she replied; "that is not your cat; it is the morning sunshining on the chimney-pot."
“胡说,”她回答;“那不是你的猫;那是早上的阳光照在烟囱上。”
That is nonsense. The original Bretton Woods lasted three weeks and was preceded by more than two years of technical preparation.
不过这些人的观点可谓荒谬:布雷顿森林会议持续了3周,而且各项措施在会议召开以前已经进行了2年多的技术操作。
"Nonsense," she said; "that is not your pigeon; it is only the morningsun shining on the chimney-top."
“胡说,”她说;“那不是你的鸽子;那只是早上的阳光照在烟囱上。”
The notion that something in the air, water or soil can prolong life is 'nonsense, ' he says.
他说,那些认为长寿与空气、水或者土壤所含物质有关的观点简直就是“胡说八道”。
The interesting thing is that before he made these brilliant statements, he published more nonsense than anyone else.
有趣的是,在这些,重大发现之前,他发表了比其他人,更多无意义的作品。
There are the parents who cite their own children's hectic schedules - hockey, soccer, gymnastics, swimming, karate and so on - as anecdotal proof that the data are nonsense.
有些父母以自己孩子密密麻麻、目不暇接的日程表为依据(如曲棍球、足球、体操、游泳、空手道,等等),来说明那些数据是胡扯。
He also dismissed the Club of Rome's prediction that the world was about to run out of food as arrant nonsense.
他还驳斥了罗马俱乐部关于世界食物即将耗尽的预测,称那是十足的一派胡言。
Anyway, I don't believe all that stuff and nonsense about white bread versus brown, brown rice versus white, and what have you.
不管怎样,我才不相信那些白面包跟黑面包相比,糙米跟白米相比之类的废话。
This is nonsense, but the remedies that might actually solve the crisis are mostly outside mainstream debate.
这简直是胡说,但是解决这场危机的方法可能在主流的解决方案之外。
Just as I might say a sentence that is nonsense, I might also use a name or a general term which is meaningless in the sense that it fails to hook up to the world.
正如我说的一句话可能是胡说,我同样可能使用一个毫无意义的名字或是一个一般术语,因为它不能和现实世界挂钩。
A field, button or feature that makes total sense to you may be nonsense to the typical visitor.
对你来说充满意义的一个字段、按钮或功能,也许对于普通访客来说没什么作用。
The real point, though, is that fitting a dozen complex stories into a single analytical straitjacket is a nonsense.
尽管关键在于,将一打复杂故事塞入单一的分析情境本身是毫无意义的。
It wouldn't, of course; claims that a corporate tax holiday would create jobs, or that ending the tax break for corporate jets would destroy jobs, are nonsense.
当然是不会的。那些声称公司减税优惠就会创造工作岗位,或终止公司专用飞机减税优惠就会减少工作岗位的说法,纯属胡说。
That is not nonsense. But the way he has put it is enough to give anyone brain-ache.
尽管这些话并非什么谬论,但他表达的方法却足以令人头疼。
Obviously, that rather challenging and provocative notion is something that lends itself readily to the sort of no-nonsense tone that I'm talking about.
显然,那个相当挑战相当刺激的概念,很轻易地将自己变成,那种我们所说的直截了当的语气。
Obviously, that rather challenging and provocative notion is something that lends itself readily to the sort of no-nonsense tone that I'm talking about.
显然,那个相当挑战相当刺激的概念,很轻易地将自己变成,那种我们所说的直截了当的语气。
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