that may be true, but all too many daft policies rely on the collective reluctance of the voters to leave marshmallows uneaten on the table.
那也许是对的,但是太多的愚蠢的政策依赖于选民的集体的不满意,这些选民不吃棉花糖,将它们留在桌子上。
「we know it「s daft but just get down to some concentrated thinking and who knows what might happen,」 said company boss mark champkins.
「我们知道这只是个初级产品,但是谁知道最终会变成什么样呢?」公司负责人马克钱普金斯说。
that was followed by a daft claim by congress that the americans were egging on the protesters.
之后国会发表一份可笑的申明,说美国人在抗议者中煽风点火。
meanwhile, a daft law bans banks from pricing loans at more than 150% of the base rate and this has all but stopped lending.
与此同时,一项愚蠢的法律禁止银行自定的贷款利率高于基础利率150%,这几乎使得贷款停滞。
he pointed to some 「frankly daft planning decisions」 where new homes were being built on flood plains.
他指出一些新房子正準备建在洪泛区的「明显愚蠢的计划决定」。
for americans from the parched western states, the notion of alabama, georgia and florida battling over water must seem as daft as three fat people fighting for a grape at a lavish banquet.
阿拉巴马、佐治亚与佛罗里达三个州地处西部、气候炎热,对于此地的美国人而言,为水资源而战的想法,就好比三个胖子在一场盛宴上争夺一串葡萄那般,愚不可及。
dr mark wright, conservation science advisor at the wwf, said: 」it is a daft thing for chris to say, and an irresponsible one.
世界自然基金会生态保护科学顾问马克·赖特博士说:「克里斯说这番话很愚蠢,而且很不负责任。」
at this particular time, throwing more taxpayers’ money at the car industry seems a daft thing to do.
尤其在这个时期,把更多的纳税金投放到汽车产业似乎是愚蠢的做法。
but all that time spent finding ways around daft rules would be better devoted to world-beating innovation.
但是,在规避疯狂法规方面花费时间,还是比去搞那些能震动世界的创新要划算。
in the digital age it is daft to take months or even years to get a book to market.
在电子时代,出版一本书仍需耗费数月乃至数年的话,那就实在是太可笑了。
unlike that benignly daft creature, this real-life surgeonfish in indonesia carries a sharp retractable blade of bone near the base of its tail.
跟那只疯疯癫癫的亲切生物不同,印度尼西亚的这只正牌医生鱼在尾巴附近有一片能伸缩的锋利骨片。
email has turbo- charged this oral tradition, which is why your inbox is crammed with daft pass-arounds.
电子邮件扩大了这种口头传播的传统,这就是为什么你邮箱里有很多内容愚蠢的邮件。
the student is not squinting to tap out yet another daft text message, but looking carefully for the faint blue dots that are the tell-tale diagnostic signature of malaria.
作为学生的他并不是在瞇着眼查收未读的短信息,而是在认真地观看屏幕上的模糊蓝点,这些蓝点是透露疟疾诊疗信息的特征点。
ok cupid, in its profile, comes across as the witty, literate geek-hipster, the math major with the daft punk vinyl collection and the mumblecore screenplay in development.
「ok丘比特,」在其简介中给人的印象是机智、受过教育的时髦极客,主修数学,收集「傻瓜庞克」乐队的唱片以及正在写「呢喃核*」类型的电影剧本。
the government has just published a report by a lawyer, herman de bauw, urging the abolition of several obviously daft restrictions, including pre-sales blackout periods.
政府己刚发布了一份律师荷门·得堡的报告,其中督促取消几种明显愚蠢的限制,包括预售禁期。
while no one is daft enough to say poverty excuses looting, some insist that poverty has everything to do with what has happened.
然而没有人愚蠢到会说贫穷是发生打劫的理由,只有一部分人坚持认为贫穷和所发生的一切都搭得上关系。