1: In the second part of “The Believing Brain” Mr Shermer applies those observations to the almost infinite variety of weird and wonderful beliefs that people hold, from alien abductions to government conspiracies to bring down the World Trade Centre—and, inevitably, to religion (a chapter on politics, by contrast, feels misplaced and forced). 2: He is an able skewerer of sloppy thinking. 3: The section on conspiracy theories, for instance, memorably exposes the bizarre leaps of logic that adherents often make: “If I cannot explain every single minutia [about the collapse of the twin towers]… 4: That lack of knowledge equates to direct proof that 9/11 was orchestrated by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the CIA.”

1:在《有信仰者》第二部分，薛默先生引用了这些对人们所怀有的几乎所有怪异信仰的观察结果，从外星人绑架到炸毁世界贸易中心的政府阴谋，不可避免地也谈及到宗教（相比之下，政治这一章让人感觉有点错位和牵强）。2:他是一个能干的凌乱思维整理者。3: 例如， 关于阴谋论部分，明显出现逻辑思维的断层：信徒们常常认为“如果我不能解释出[关于双子塔倒塌]的每一细节... ... 4:这认识的缺失相当于直接证明9/11是布什、切尼、伦斯斐和中央情报局精心安排的。

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Sole traders had to find a "1% sócio"-an employee, friend or family member willing to lend his name to the articles of association, or a shell company set up solely to hold a tiny share.

一人投资者必须寻求一名"1% 合作伙伴"——雇员、朋友或家庭成员同意将他们的姓名列入公司章程或令其占有极少股份而成立的空壳公司中。

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For the time being, Apax intends to hold on to it as a stand-alone brand, said Benjamin Harding, an Apax spokesman in London.

Apax的伦敦发言人BenjaminHarding表示，就目前而言，Apax打算将Lagerfeld保留为一个独立品牌。

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Love makes you hold on to things you wouldn't have been able to.

爱让你坚持住了那些你本坚持不下去的事情。

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"The risk to innovation, " says Anthony, "is often that companies will hold on to the past far too long. "

安东尼说：“创新的风险，常常是由于公司长久的沉浸在过去当中。”

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Don't panic. Just hold on to that rock and I'll come and fetch you down.

别惊慌，抓住那块石头，我来把你接下来。

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You will be much happier if you hold on to your friendships no matter what is going on currently in your romantic life.

不管你现在的情侣生活中正在上演着什么，如果你保持好友谊，你将会更加幸福快乐！

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Well, hold on to your cash; this is just a dead-cat bounce.

不过，还是保持你的现金吧，这不过是回光返照。

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Do not hold on to a bad trade hoping that the price will go up.

不要手持一个糟糕的交易并且期望它能上涨。

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Don't take for granted the things closest to you r heart. Hold on to them as you would to life, for without them, it's meaningless.

不要想当然认为你熟悉的事物，关注他们为你的生活，没有他们，这将毫无意义。

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Unless we hold on to the fantasy that the solutions to our problems lie in the bank accounts of rich people and corporations.

除非我们沉浸在一种幻想中——问题的解决方案就在富人和公司的银行账户里。

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The mountain West, where Democrats had recently scaled their way to power, saw Republicans hold on to governorships or win them.

此前曾帮助民主党入主白宫的西部山区（mountainWest）诸州这次任由共和党留守或赢得州长宝座。

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This behavior ensures that clients cannot hold on to server resources for arbitrary long periods.

此行为确保了客户端不能无限期地占用服务器资源。

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In the long run, big fortunes are difficult to hold on to .

从长期角度看，要想守住巨额财富非常困难。

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Most people strained to hold on to the rolling ship and, at the same time, to look for life jackets and lifeboats.

大多数人紧张地抓住翻滚的船，同时寻找救生衣和救生艇。

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But too many still hold on to the pernicious idea that Arabs are unready for, or undeserving of, democracy;

但目前仍有太多人坚持着有害的看法，认为阿拉伯人还没准备好迎接民主，或不配享有民主；

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But Mr. Mubarak's efforts to hold on to power, at all costs, will lead to more instability and fury.

但是，穆巴拉克不顾一切地抓住权力不放，最终将导致更大的不稳定性和愤怒情绪。

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But most of us hold on to at least one keepsake to remind us of our once-grand passions.

但是我们中的大多数人至少会保留一件纪念品，以此来纪念我们曾经伟大的爱情。

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But I used to work in Turkey where men put their arms round you, hold on to your hand for quite a while and kiss as a greeting.

但在我以前工作过的土耳其，那里的男性会张开双臂抱住你，长时间握住你的手，并亲吻你的脸，以此表示问候。

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There is always a hand that you can hold on to .

但总有一双手能让你牢牢的抓住；

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When you hold on to resentment, you miss the present by reliving stories of the past.

当你坚持不肯放下的时候，重现过去的事件会使你失去当下。

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That's an idea to hold on to as you look for the right lifestyle changes that can help reduce the physical symptoms.

当你寻找正确的生活方式时，坚持这个原则可以减轻你的身体症状。

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There is no need to hold on to clutter while you're traveling the world.

当你游历世界的时候，不需要带上一堆乱七八糟的东西。

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Music was the one thing I could hold on to when things got crazy.

当其它事情都变糟时，音乐是我唯一不会放弃的。

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But the UN ran schools and he held on to his books as tightly "as a mother cat would hold on to her newborn kittens" .

当时联合国开办了一些学校，他紧紧地攥着书本，就像“母猫紧紧地抱住刚出生的小猫”一样。

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When we hold on to a hurt and choose not to forgive, our hearts grow hard.

当我们抱着伤痛不放，选择不宽容，我们的心地坚硬。

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Make a healthy living plan for a week and try to hold on to it no matter what.

对那个星期做一个健康生活计划，无论发生什么都要尝试坚持下去。

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For the lucky Americans who have managed to hold on to their jobs, 2009 has so far been a great time to go shopping.

对于那些幸运地保住了工作的美国人来说，今年迄今为止，一直是购物的大好时机。

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Another survey in Panorama, a magazine, suggested that the centre-left would hold on to all but one region.

而另一份发表在全景杂志的调查则称中左联盟可能仅会失去一个选区。

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Not to mention the vital effort to live a life beyond illness, to hold on to that kernel of freedom that makes you who you are.

更不要说患病之后为了生存，为了坚持表现我们本质的自由核心而做出的至关重要的努力了。

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