In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing?

在一个不断地庆祝生育社会中，承认自己后悔生育孩子就相当于承认自己支持杀小猫，这难道不值得反思吗？

Guardian cartoonist is persistently pinioned Teresa May to Moby Dick in the water and that the cliff edge like good old John Ball are all now wondering what's going to happen next.

《卫报》漫画家坚持把Teresa May和《白鲸》绑在水里，而悬崖边像老好人John Ball一样，现在都想知道就接下来会发生什么。

49. What has Bill Thomas been persistently advocating?

49. 比尔·托马斯一直在倡导什么？

Last month, Argentina reworked a $44 billion loan with the IMF, obtaining nearly 10 billion in fresh cash in exchange for measures to strengthen public finances and start reducing persistently high inflation.

上个月，阿根廷重新调整了国际货币基金组织提供440亿美元贷款，获得了近100亿美元新现金，以换取加强公共财政和开始降低持续高通胀措施。

We mindlessly practice habits that persistently create worry and stress in our lives.

我们无意识地养成了一些习惯，这些习惯持续地给我们生活带来担忧和压力。

But the Henrys began having reservations when a seventh-grade teacher persistently misspelled Dewayne's name.

但，当一名七年级老师错杜恩名字时，亨利夫妇开始心有疑虑。

Separate himself from the man whom he had so persistently followed step by step!

他寸步不离地紧盯着这个人现在要离开他了！

The looming decision has been fought persistently and violently for several months.

几个月来，人们一直在激烈地争论这个迫在眉睫决定。

And good conversation involves taking turns, not talking over someone trying to silence people by talking more loudly, forcefully, and persistently than them.

良好交谈需要每个人都能轮流说上话，而不一方说服另一方——试图通过比别人说话更大声、更激烈、更固执地说话来让别人安静下来。

But if a country persistently violates the UN's principles, it can be expelled by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.

但如果一个国家一再违反联合国原则，联合国大会可以根据安理会建议将其除名。

Several V.A. doctors told me that their bosses pressured them to ignore data pertaining to burn-pit exposure; prevented them from publishing findings; and threatened or retaliated against those who persistently argued for a link between such exposure and illness.

几位退伍军人医生告诉我，他们老板向他们施压，让他们忽视与焚烧坑接触有关数据；阻止他们发表研究结果；并威胁或报复那些坚持主张这种接触与疾病之间存在联系人。

The pessimism in financial markets is easily understood: persistently high inflation is forcing the Federal Reserve to press on with aggressive monetary tightening, even at the potential cost of a recession.

居高不下通胀正迫使美联储继续实施激进货币紧缩政策，甚至不惜付出经济衰退潜在代价。

The survey found that 57% of teen girls reported feeling persistently sad or hopeless in 2021; the rate for teen boys was almost half that but still jarringly high, at 29%.

调查发现，57％青少年女孩在2021年报告感到持续悲伤或绝望；男孩比率几乎一半，但仍然高得惊人，达到29％。

He told Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that China is willing to work together with the international community to strive persistently for peace.

他在慕尼黑安全会议期间告诉乌克兰外长德米特罗·库列巴，中国愿同国际社会一道，为实现和平不懈努力。

The effects can be pernicious, particularly in the public sector: turnover among child-welfare workers in America is persistently high, to take one example, and associated with worse outcomes for kids.

其影响可能有害，尤其在公共部门：比如，美国儿童福利工作者流动率一直很高，这也与儿童处境更糟相关。

Like Ms Anderson, Justice Thomas, himself African-American, lamented as tragic the white supremacy that has persistently denied gun rights to black citizens.

同安德森女士一样，身为非裔美国人托马斯大法官也哀叹，白人至上主义一直剥夺黑人公民拥有枪支权利，这一场悲剧。

Old Slattery, who clung persistently to his few acres, in spite of repeated offers from Gerald and John Wilkes, was shiftless and whining.

老斯莱特里死死抱住他那几英亩土地，任凭杰拉尔德和约翰·威尔克斯一再出价购买也不放手，他就这么个刻板而又爱发牢骚人。

Radiation is harmful to living things, yet the long-term effects of persistently high levels of background radiation on ecosystems are poorly understood.

核辐射对生物有害，而长时间高水平本底辐射对生态系统有何影响，人们还知之甚少。

The thing inside the bundle of robes on the ground was stirring more persistently, as though it was trying to free itself.

地上包袱里东西动得更起劲了，仿佛要挣脱出来。

I later learned that air pollution around our home was persistently far above the levels deemed acceptable by the WHO.

后来我才知道我们家附近空气污染指数一直以来严重超过世卫组织建议标准。