Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.

他们的研究得出了一个非常令人惊奇的结论--我们通常称为天分的特征被高估了。

This assertion, by the 17th century French philosopher Pascal, is obviously not literally true.

这一说法由17世纪的法国哲学家帕斯卡提出，它显然是真的。

That assertion is presumably made in contradistinction to training for work straight after school, which might not be so stimulating.

这种说法可能是为了与毕业后直接参加工作培训的说法相对比，这听起来或许没那么励志。

We make this assertion at a time when the economic outlook is extremely weak.

“我们在济前景极其黯淡的情况做出这一推断。

And he made this new assertion about refugees.

面是他就难民发表的观点。

JONAS SALK: You see, there's — the contradiction is in your assertion.

你看，你的说法自相矛盾。

Aggressive assertions are made without regard to the facts or the complexities of an issue in an environment where the most extreme views tend to be the most noticed.

做出咄咄逼人的激进断言，考虑事实或问题的复杂性，而且通常是在越极端的观点越能吸引眼球的地方。

With such an assertion, the work was predictably greeted by a lot of absurd claims about " genetics determining academic success."

由于这样的断言，可以预见，该论文引发了许多关于“基因决定学业成功”的荒谬主张。

He insisted that the physical evidence supported his assertion.

他坚称实物证据支持他的说法。

The first was the assertion by the internationally acclaimed reference book that the small town of Chochim, in which two battles were fought between the Poles and the Ottoman Empire, now lies in Moldova.

第一处错误是这本受到国际认可的百科全书中说，波兰与奥斯曼帝国曾两度交战的小镇霍希姆位于摩尔多瓦。

The study is at odds with assertions from President Trump. It concludes that human activity is the main cause of global warming.

该研究与特朗普总统和几名内阁成员的主张截然相反。报告得出结论，人类活动是导致全球变暖的主因。

Turkish officials earlier dismissed the Saudi assertion that Mr. Khashoggi died during a fistfight.

沙特声称这名记者是在打架中遇害的，此前土耳其官员已否认该论断。

The US Secretary of State offered no evidence for his assertion.

美国国务卿没有为他的主张提供任何证据。

You may well be surprised, Miss Bennet, at such an assertion, after seeing, as you probably might, the very cold manner of our meeting yesterday.

“班纳特小姐，你昨天也许看到我们见面时那种冷冰冰的样子了吧，难怪你听了我的话会觉得诧异。

He thought they were both right in one of their assertions but wrong in the other.

他认为他们两人各有一点是对的，也各有一点是错的。

" There were no threats, just simple assertions" .

" 我们之间存在威胁，只是一些简单的主张。"

The French Foreign Ministry said it disapproved of President Trump's assertions and called for the victims' memory to be respected.

法国外交部表示其反对特朗普总统的主张，并且要求他尊重逝者。

But he also repeated the firm's long standing assertion that it acted according to the state of scientific knowledge up to time that challenged by campaigners.

但他再次重申公司长期的断言，即药物是根据时的科学知识研制的，过已有活动人士表示质疑。

They disagree with many of Prinsky's assertions.

他们同意普伦斯基的许多论断。

54. What can we conclude from Darwin's assertion in The Origin of Species?

达尔文在《物种起源》中的论断中我们可以得出什么结论？