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，当年这般渊博深奥的内容竟然被发表在大众日报中。

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

但是过去一直被是真理的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，我们的机构很容易被误缺陷重重且没有效率。

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

这是被是世界上最壮观的海岸自驾道路之一。

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

其次，其作者被是里昂那多·达芬奇。

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

这种“离散无穷大”常被是人类语言的标志。

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

因此，这项分离新政被是严厉的震慑。

Its completion alone was considered a tremendous accomplishment.

仅是建造它就被是一项巨大的成就。

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·林出——采用更经验主义的方法来研究语言的普遍性，确定了多种语言（尤其在语法词序方面）的共有特征，这些特征被是代表了由知局限产生的倾向。

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的高峰期，美国工人被嘲讽没有受过良好教育。这被这是美国经济不景气的主要原因之一。

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

暗物质被是构成宇宙的基本物质。

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

在中世纪，人们他们被魔鬼附了身。

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

在建国之初，家庭暴力并不被是一个需要法律干预的严重问题。

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被是美国宇航局耗资15亿美元的败笔？

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

弹道导弹被是中程导弹。

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，很快就享誉新奥尔良，被人们无人可比。

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

否这一事实可能被一些人是一种反人类的罪行。

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

音乐家被拥有更好的语言技能。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成，曾被只含火成岩。

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

单独来看（这些争端），中国的行可以被是回应各方压力的正常反映。