146.Aprecisedefinitionofpovertyisactuallyverydifficulttodetermine.Wheredoesonedrawthelinebetweenthosewhoarepoorandthosewhoarenot?
对贫困的精确定义实际上是很难的。如何在贫穷和非贫穷的人之间划一条界限呢?
147.Admittedly,briberyandcorruptionareendemictoourpoliticalandeconomicsystems,butitdoesn'tnecessarilyfollowthatallpoliticiansandbusinesspeopleresorttoillicitbehavior.
诚然,贿赂和腐败在我们的政治和经济系统中很流行,但这并不是说所有的政府官员和商界人士都采取违法行为。
148.There'slittledoubtthatathirdWorldWarisavoidable,butitishighlyunlikelythatregionalconflictswilldisappearintheforeseeablefuture.
毫无疑问,第三次世界大战是可以避免的,但是,在可预见的将来地区冲突消失是非常不可能的。
149.Somepeopleassumethatinvestinginstockisasafepursuit,buttheirassumptionfailstoholdwaterwhenconsideringthesubstantialriskinvolved.
有的人想当然地认为投资股票是有把握的事情,但是,考虑到涉及的巨大风险,他们的想当然就说不通了。
150.Somepeoplehavecalledforacceleratedacross-the-boardchanges.Theirapproachquitefranklyignorestheneedforgradualbuteffectivechanges.
一些人要求更快速的全盘改变。他们的做法的确忽略了渐进而有效的改变的必要性。