We're ruling out excellence and imposing mediocrity because everything militates against excellence now.

我们正在排除卓越强加平庸，因为现在一切都在反对卓越。

And is likely to be entwined with a range of problematic attractions that militate in key ways against our chances of growth and happiness, as adults.

很可能与一系列有问题的吸引相互缠绕，这些吸引在关键方面阻碍我们作为成年人的成长和幸福的机会。

Militating against that theory is the narrator's admission that she can no longer picture her friend's face.

与该理论相悖的是，叙述者承法再描绘朋友的脸。

She felt that she had spoken as impressively as it was necessary to do, and that in using the superior word " militate" she had thrown a noble drapery over a mass of particulars which were still evident enough.

觉得自己已经说得令人印象深刻，这是必要的，而在使用“军事化”这个高级词时，在大量仍然很明显的细节上蒙上一层高贵的外衣。