severe depression can push a person to face unpalatable truths and make difficult decisions that ultimately promote their survival and reproductive success.
强烈的沮丧能使一个人去面对不行的事实并且做出困难的决定——那些能够提高他们生存和繁殖成功率的决定。
the unpalatable truth seems to be that some americans simply do not care to eat a balanced diet, while others, increasingly, cannot afford to.
令人不快的事实就是,虽然一些美国人仅仅是不喜欢均衡饮食,但是有越来越多的人们,是因为他们买不起(健康食品)。
when it runs out, ideas that are unpalatable now—such as issuance of 「eurobonds」 backed by all euro countries—may force their way back on to the agenda.
当时间用完了之时,现在一些不令人愉快且不易让人接受的想法---诸如所有欧元国家支持的「欧元债券」的发行---可能迫使他们接受而提上日程。
crush unused pills and throw them away in kitty litter, used coffee grounds, or other unpalatable items.
碾碎不用的药丸,把它们混在猫粪、用过的咖啡渣或其它不受欢迎的东西中扔掉。
mr brown’s exit will bring a contest featuring plenty of unpalatable contenders but no obvious front-runner.
布朗的退出会引来具有大量低等级竞争者而少真实实力派特点的竞赛。
qaddafi 「spoke the unpalatable truths that others」 -- those elites -- 「did not dare to articulate.」
卡扎菲「说出了其他人」——那些精英们——「所不敢言的令人不快的真相」。
this might seem unpalatable to some western governments, but 「the alternative, iran going it alone without inspections, is worse」, he says.
一些西方国家可能对此并不情愿,但梅伊尔说,「伊朗单独不受检查的选择会更糟糕。」
the sovereign-cds debate is a smokescreen to obscure an unpalatable truth.
关于主权信用违约掉期的辩论是烟幕,掩盖了一个令人不快的真相。
why pursue truth even though it may be unpalatable and the journey to it hard?
为什么要去追求真相,即使它无法令人接受且通向它的道路布满荆棘?
that’s unpalatable to the chinese audience.
对于中国人来说,这个信息是令人不快的。
new york's cultural scene is not without its problems but—as unpalatable as it may be to many fashionistas—resolving them is, for now at least, best left to the market.
纽约的文化产业不是没有自己的问题,但是——时尚跟风者或有不快——至少在目前,这些问题最好留待市场解决。
unseemly self-exposures, unpalatable betrayals, unavoidable mendacity, a soup?on of meretriciousness: memoir, for much of its modern history, has been the black sheep of the literary family.
失态的自我揭露,难以置信的背叛,不可避免的谎言,加上少许虚华:回忆录,在其短短的历史中,向来是文学家族里的害群之马。
that leaves europe facing a range of unpalatable options (see table).
这让欧洲面临一系列令人不快的选择(见表)。