To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.

现在，如果读到这些集子，人们肯定会惊诧，当年这般渊博深奥内容竟然适发表在大众日报中。

But what once seemed to be an immutable axiom of burgernomics is true no longer.

但是过去一直是真理汉堡经济原理不再一定正确了。

Against this backdrop, it is easy to dismiss our institutions as flawed or ineffective.

在这种背景下，我们机构很容易误缺陷重重且没有效率。

This is considered one of the most spectacular coastal drives in the world.

这是是世界上最壮观海岸自驾道路之一。

Second, the artist, it's attributed to Leonard Da Vinci.

其次，其作者是里昂那多·达芬奇。

This " discrete infinity" is often said to be the hallmark of human language.

这种“离散无穷大”常是人类语言标志。

So this new policy of separation is supposed to be a harsh deterrent.

因此，这项分离新政是严厉震慑。

Its completion alone was considered a tremendous accomplishment.

仅是建造它是一项巨大。

The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many languages, which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints.

第二次努力——由乔舒亚·格林伯格做出——采用更经验主义方法来研究语言普遍性，确定了多种语言（尤其在语法词序方面）共有特征，这些特征是代表了由知局限产生倾向。

Not long ago, with the country entering a recessing and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U. S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U. S. economic performance.

不久前，随着美国经济陷入衰退，日本正处于泡沫破灭前高峰期，美国工人嘲讽没有受过良好教育。这这是美国经济不景气主要原因之一。

Dark matter is considered the essential building block of the universe.

暗物质是构宇宙基本物质。

In the middle ages, they were thought to be possessed by the devil.

在中世纪，人们他们魔鬼附了身。

At the founding, domestic violence was not considered to be a serious problem that warranted legal intervention.

在建国之初，家庭暴力并不是一个需要法律干预严重问题。

Which of these objects was once known as NASA's $1.5 billion blunder?

下面这些物体中哪一个曾是美国宇航局耗资15亿美元败笔？

A ballistic missile has what's considered to be a medium-range.

弹道导弹是中程导弹。

In 1915, he got first cornet and was soon known around New Orleans as formidable.

1915年，他担任首席短号手，很快享誉新奥尔良，人们无人可比。

Denying this fact could be interpreted by some to be a crime against humanity.

否这一事实可能一些人是一种反人类罪行。

Musicians are said to have better language skills. And scientific studies have backed that up.

音乐家拥有更好语言技能。科学研究也证实了这种观点。

The island is volcanic and had been thought to contain only igneous rocks.

昂儒昂岛由火山喷发形，曾只含火岩。

Individually, China's actions can be seen as pragmatic reactions to different pressures.

单独来看（这些争端），中国行可以是回应各方压力正常反映。