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多数
Majority
The one thing that does not abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
唯一不遵守多数决定原则的是一个人的良心。
The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
与我合作过的大多数导演都不知道如何与演员交谈。
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
绝大多数的政治家认为他们的运作是基于崇高的原则。
I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.
我对我扮演的大多数角色都很着迷。我情不自禁。
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
每当你发现自己站在大多数人一边时,就是停下来反思的时候了。
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
我的大部分工作都是在独立电影中完成的,如果你有五次机会,那你就很幸运了。
If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.
如果你和大多数人的性格不同,那不是你的优点:这是自然造成的。
As there is oppression of the majority such oppression will be fought with increasing hatred.
由于存在对多数人的压迫,这种压迫将以日益增长的仇恨进行斗争。
I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.
我不会离开推特。如果没有头脑的少数人打败了有思想的大多数人,我们都将难逃厄运。
I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal.
我相信,绝大多数教师将与我们一道为实现这一目标而努力。
I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.
我将在大部分时间保持发球。有一点时间回发球是件好事。
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
我们的祖先大多不是完美的女士和先生。它们中的大多数甚至不是哺乳动物。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
There can be no assumption that today's majority is "right" and the Amish and others like them are "wrong." A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.
不能假设今天的大多数人是“正确的”,而阿米什人和其他类似的人是“错误的”。一种奇怪甚至不稳定但不干涉他人权益的生活方式不应因其不同而受到谴责。
It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
大多数人理解的是商业流行音乐。一个工人的女儿不会理解布鲁斯。
It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
不需要多数人的反对;它只需要几个坚定的领导人和一个健全的事业。
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
它不需要多数人的支持就能获胜,而需要的是愤怒的、不知疲倦的少数人的支持,他们热衷于在人们的头脑中燃起熊熊烈火。
In fact, a large majority of those have died and of those expected to die of AIDS, as well as of those who are infected with the virus, are in sub-Saharan Africa.
事实上,绝大多数人已经死亡,预计死于艾滋病的人以及感染艾滋病毒的人都在撒哈拉以南非洲。
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
历史表明,凡是有所成就的人,大多数都是在隐居中度过的。