There could have been no kinder comforter than Mary Bold

不可能有一位比玛丽?波尔德更友爱的宽慰人了。

Means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good time-and if you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder , or more gentle, you won’t have suffered during the process.

假如你放下自己不喜欢的书，另试一本，直到发现自己觉得有意义的书，然后心情轻松地读下去，你肯定会感到心情畅快。假如你因阅读而变得更为高尚、聪明、善良、文雅，读书就不再是一种负担了。

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? and when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder .

神已将米甸人的两个首领俄立和西伊伯交在你们手中。我所行的岂能比你们所行的呢?基甸说了这话，以法莲人的怒气就消了。

We made a deal that we would both be kinder to each other in future.

我们同意以后对彼此更好。

||1:Kinder Morgan, the biggest fuel-pipeline operator in America, laid out a plan to consolidate four partnerships it controls in a 44 billion buy-out.||2:Formed in 1997 through assets acquired from Enron, Kinder Morgan has been buoyed by America’s shale boom.||3:The consolidation of its various units into one publicly traded company will make it the biggest energy firm in America after Exxon Mobil and Chevron.

||1:美洲最大的燃料管道经营者Kinder Morgan发布计划，试图通过一项价值440亿美元的收购联合其控股的四家合伙企业。||2:Kinder Morgan,的资产最初来源于安然，如今借着页岩气的东风扶摇直上。||3:此次联合行为将使Morgan麾下的上市公司成为美洲仅次于埃克森·美孚的能源企业。

||1:So what did he achieve? In an interview in his parliamentary office, Mr Hague names, without hesitation, a law he got passed in 1995 to outlaw discrimination against the disabled as his proudest legislative achievement.||2:His spell as party leader (“I don’t regret taking the leadership on, or giving it up; somebody had to do it”) is harder to enthuse about.||3:After a stab at forging a kinder Conservatism—which remains elusive—he fell back on Euroscepticism, was humiliated in the 2001 election and resigned.||4:That he remained an MP was an act of courage, which he burnished with dazzling speeches and unshakable loyalty to his successors.||5:David Cameron, who took the helm in 2005, called him the Tories’ deputy leader in all but name.

||1:那他到底获得了什么成果呢？在他的议员会议室里进行的一次采访里，黑格毫不犹豫地将1995年他推动通过的一项禁止歧视残疾人的法律视为他最值得骄傲的立法成就。||2:他作为政党领导的魅力（“我不后悔扛上领导的担子，或者将它卸下来，总有人要做这件事”）更难笼络人心。||3:在试图创造一个更为温和的保守主义（仍令人难以捉摸）后，黑格又回到了欧洲怀疑主义，在2001年的选举中颜面全失随后辞职。||4:他仍留任议员实属勇气之举，他用言辞闪闪发光的演讲和对继任者不可动摇的忠诚来修饰了这一行为。||5:2005年掌权的大卫·卡梅伦称其为托利党非名义上的实际代理领导。

||1:Emerging countries in Asia and Latin America have generally grown kinder to gay people as they have grown richer, more open and more democratic.||2:The hope is that as Africa and the Arab world catch up, they will follow suit.||3:Although religion is a barrier to tolerance—the more pious a society, by and large, the less enthusiastic it is about gay rights—it is not an insuperable one: plenty of devout nations, such as the Philippines and the United States, are friendly to gays these days.

||1:在亚洲和拉丁美洲的新兴国家随着他们变得更富有，更加开放和民主，已经普遍的对同性恋者更加友好。||2:我们期待非洲和阿拉伯他们将效仿，赶上步伐。||3:虽然宗教是宽容的一个阻碍——但总的来说他们是一个更加善良的群体。对于同性恋权利缺乏热情不是不可逾越的：很多拥有宗教信仰的国家，如菲律宾和美国，现在对同性恋也是友好的。

ETP is ambitious. Last year its parent company, Energy Transfer Equity, agreed to buy Southern Union and its gas-pipeline network for $5.7 billion.The latest deal will make ETP the country’s second-biggest pipeline firm, behind Kinder Morgan, after the latter’s merger with El Paso is concluded later this year.

ETP 公司踌躇满志。去年其母公司 ETE 同意出价57亿美元，收购 Southern Union 公司及其天然气管网。最新的收购将使ETP成为全美第二大油气管道公司。Kinder Morgan 公司并购 El Paso 之后排名第一，其交易今年晚些时候完成。

In all, much has to change before Japan becomes a kinder place for those trying to create businesses.

总而言之，在日本变得很适合创业者们生存之前，还有许多的改变需要去做。

There could have been no kinder comforter than Mary Bold.

不可能有一位比玛丽·波尔德更友爱的宽慰人了。

In this sense, ours is a kinder , gentler, more forgiving country than it was 40 years ago.

从这个意义上讲，我们是一个比40年前更仁慈、温和宽容的国家。

Will David Cameron’s softer, kinder Tories do better?

戴维？卡梅伦（DavidCameron）更温和、更仁慈的保守党会表现得更好吗？

But without major reforms, Doze says the European Union will not be able to maintain its vision of a kinder , gentler way of life.

但是如果没有重大改革，欧盟将不可能维持它仁慈而温和的生活愿景，Doze表示。

Mr Swan puts a kinder light on it: as the economy grows, more Australians should be reaping rewards from the "Asian century" .

而斯万对此采取怀柔政策：由于经济增长，更多的澳大利亚人应该从“亚洲世纪”中获得报酬。

On the other hand, politics can be a much bloodier battleground than war, as any advocate of a "kinder society" soon finds out.

而在另一边，政坛上却能比战场上要血腥得多，所有鼓吹构建“更和睦的社会”的人很快就会意识到这点…….。

And no "kinder , gentler" words can do much to alleviate the anxiety and distress that come with losing a job.

而这些“更温柔，更关切”的措词对于缓解丢了工作所带来的焦虑与沮丧也是于事无补。

The R& D center will also focus on developing Yahoo’s core platform globally, Kinder said.

该研发中心还将把重点放在发展雅虎的全球核心平台，金德说。

Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others, which, of course, made the others envy him.

海伦对她小儿子比对其他孩子和善得多，当然这遭到其他孩子的嫉妒。

By contrast, on Iraq, the source of so much misfortune, history may be a little kinder to Mr Blair than his countrymen currently are.

和普遍认识相反，在不幸之源伊拉克问题上，尽管当前国人对布莱尔先生的批评异常刻薄，但历史会给他一个更公正的评价。

Did he really appreciate her so little that he’d end their marriage because she had spent a few afternoons in the arms of a kinder man?

她在想，就因为她在一个很好男人的怀抱中度过了几个下午，就要离婚的话，他会不会从内心对自己有些许感激？

Mr Cameron set out to rebrand the Tories as kinder and greener. It worked.

卡麦隆着手重塑保守党的形象，使其更加友善和环保。

Look at photos of yourself. Often this will give you a kinder perception of the person you really are.

看看自己的照片，经常这么做会让自我认知更近一步。

Moreover, the vice president’s kinder , gentler approach didn’t extend to Mike Dukakis.

另外，副总统并没有对迈克.杜卡基斯采取“更友善、更温和的”态度。

Is pulling the plug the right way for companies to deal with employees who land in hot water or is there a kinder option?

面对陷入困境的雇员，断绝关系是企业应该采取的正确方式吗？是否还有更友善的选择？

Mr Mugabe had kinder words for Emmerson Mnangagwa, once the speaker of parliament, who is also thought to be a presidential hopeful.

穆加贝对埃默森•穆南加格瓦十分赞赏，他曾是国会发言人，也被认为是最有力的总统竞选助手。

Yet there are even kinder gardens kindergartens and primary school preschools that hold graduations. "graduations. "

然而，仍然有一些幼稚园和学前班举行“毕业典礼”。

Soft water is kinder to your hair.

软性水质不易损伤头发。

"History should be kinder to Jerry Yang, " said Allen Weiner, managing vice president at the Gartner research firm.

市场研究公司Gartner行政副总裁艾伦•韦纳（AllenWeiner）表示：“历史应该对杨致远更好一些。”

The kinder , gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to "vicarious embarrassment. "

他们是“幸灾乐祸”的较为温和的表兄，这两个词都是表达接近于“间接的尴尬”的意思。

They needed to rebrand themselves as kinder and greener before voters would listen to their ideas.

他们需要把自己标榜为更能体会人民疾苦、更崇尚环保的政党，以吸引选民的注意力。