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论点
Argument
Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.
五角大楼的资金本质上被看作是一种不同的资金，不需要在国会为自己辩护。
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
在一个头脑空空的人看来，最合理的论据也不会比最肤浅的说教更令人信服;羽毛和几内亚在真空中以同样的速度落下。
Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy.
考虑到目前存在的战争状态的全部困难的合理的论点和建议可能会有所帮助，并将永远得到尊重和同情的听取。
Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.
把这个论点变成一个具体的形状，一个形象，一些强硬的短语，像一个圆圆的实心的球，他们可以看到，可以处理，可以带回家，那么这个事业就成功了一半。
I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're never going to win an argument with a girl, so just let her have what she wants!
我告诉我的孩子们不要和他们的妹妹玩得粗野。我试着把我已经知道的教给他们:你永远不会在和一个女孩的争吵中获胜，所以让她拥有她想要的!
When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say -- and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.
当我准备和一个男人讲道理时，我会花三分之一的时间思考我自己和我要说什么，三分之二的时间思考他和他要说什么。
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense
当哲学家的论证变得单调、复杂和晦涩时，这通常是一个迹象，表明他试图证明对理智来说是正确的，而对常识来说显然是错误的
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.
要证明媒体有左派、右派、自由派或保守派的偏见，就像问基地组织的问题是否在于他们在鹰嘴豆泥中使用了太多的石油。
I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.
我认为，树叶，我们践踏过的最卑鄙的昆虫，其本身的论点比任何可以引证的论点都更具结论性，即某些巨大的智慧使无限充满活力。
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.
在一场争论中，除了正确之外，最重要的是给你的对手留一个逃生出口，这样他就可以优雅地转到你这边，而不会太丢面子。
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women.
有一种观点认为，经济衰退对女性艺术家来说是好事，因为当钱从窗户飞出去时，女性就被允许呆在家里。另一种观点认为，当金钱减少时，女性的前景也会随之下降。
When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
当一件事被说成不值得反驳时，你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下，所有的评论都是多余的)，要么就是某种可怕的东西，问题的关键所在。
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Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
嘲笑是傻瓜的第一个也是最后一个论据。
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
讽刺和挖苦都不是辩论。
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
在争吵之后，沉默可能意味着接受或通过其他方式继续抵抗。
You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.
你可以快乐，也可以是对的。如果你想成为夫妻中的一员，赢得每一场争吵，你就有麻烦了。
When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.
当你让别人赢得一场争论时，通常你们都是赢家。
My life is my argument.
我的生命就是我的论点。