when, in september 2009, america handed them a free pass to the moral high ground by imposing tariffs on tyre imports, they risked worsening the damage with a threat of retaliation.

2009年9月，美国通过对进口的中国轮胎提高关税，以此提升中国的道德水準，而后者威胁要对此进行报复，使已造成的损失有可能进一步扩大

hamas cannot expect a free pass to respectability.

哈马斯不能希望能什么都不做就能得到尊重。

with one exception: men who get married. with wives in charge of their social life, men get a free pass to a rich social life.

举个例子：结婚了的男人，一面和妻子经营生活，一面还要努力工作来提高生活质量。

but that doesn「t mean clojure gets a free pass on the expression problem.

但是这不意味着在clojure没有表达式问题。

a head start is fine; a free pass is often a crippling disservice .

领先起跑很好，免费入场券却常常是帮倒忙。

because i choose to occasionally socialize with my employees in an informal setting, they sometimes feel that they can use this as a free pass to slack off at work.

因为我偶尔会和员工们在非正式的场合下有些交情，他们有时候会认为可以凭借这种交情在工作中有所懈怠。

there is no doubt that some women only are in it for the money or to get a free pass to the united states.

不可否认，一些女人嫁到美国只是为了钱或是拿到一张免费的绿卡。

just because you can」t make accurate, detailed, long-term predictions, though, doesn「t give you a free pass not to answer the three questions.

但是，仅仅因为您无法进行精确、详细和长期的预测，并不能作为逃避回答这三个问题的挡箭牌。

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今年9[font=宋体]月，当美国对中国进口轮胎实施惩罚性关税的时候，中国放弃了站上道德高地的机会，而冒着扩大损失的危险进行报复。

and it would be hard to argue that diplomatic friendship with the united states has ever guaranteed a country a free pass from the think-tank.

而且，很难认为同美国的外交友谊就能保证某个国家在这个智库获得自由通行证。

alison: our arteries give us a free pass on turkey day.

我们的动脉在火鸡大餐日会畅通无阻。

when he first came to the senate in 1962, he was dismissed as a rather dim playboy who had got a free pass to the seat vacated by his newly elected president brother.

他于1962年第一次来到参议院，当时由于他哥哥刚当选为美国总统，他得到一张填补空缺席位的免费通行证，然而他由于自己不太光鲜的花花公子形象而被除名。

hollywood stars seem to be arguing, in some ways, that polanski」s talent should allow him some sort of free pass for his past behaviour.

好莱坞的明星们似乎认为，从某种程度来说，波兰斯基的才能，会让人们对他过去的行为既往不咎。

if you think your boss will give you a free pass because the only copy of a critical file was on your laptop, which no longer works after you dropped it, you are dead wrong.

如果你认为你的老板会因为一个关键文件的唯一备份是存放在台式机，而这台机器被你废弃后就无法工作而放过你，你就大错特错了。

now, you「re probably willing to give rails a free pass because you」ve spent only a few minutes building a relatively sophisticated application through scaffolding.

但重要的是通过搭建，只花了几分钟就得到了一个相对复杂的应用程序。

an elderly woman (not elderly enough to get the free pass to the front offered to those 75 and older) says: 「i can handle this queue. i do heavy, physical labour, anyway.」

一位老太太（还没老到可以无需排队，那要75岁以上）说：「排多久都没问题啊，我可是常常做体力劳动。」

tom gave him a free pass on the railway.

汤姆给了他一张火车免费乘车券。

for the very same reason creditors are getting a free pass now: they expected to be bailed out.

基于同样的原因，债权人如今则想免票乘车：他们当时就料到会得到救援。

but generals are as fallible as the rest of us and should not receive a free pass from their civilian counterparts.

但是，这些将军和我们普通人一样是容易犯错误的，不应该从普通民众那里获得免费的通信证。

readers, what would you have done if someone had given you a free pass to spend time exploring the career of your dreams?

如果有人在你成年之初便给你一张免费票，让你自由探索你想要的职业生涯，但还不足以这辈子不再工作，你会怎么做？

does running give us a free pass to practice these gross behaviors that we「d never do when we」re not running?

难道正在跑步这件事就允许我们做一些不跑步时决不会做的恶心行为吗？