The first speakers at the conference criticized Prof. Johnson's new programme for lack of definition.
会上的首批发言者批评约翰逊教授的新项目没有清晰度。
That there are problems with this kind of definition is hardly surprising, given its level of generality.
考虑到其笼统性，难怪这类定义会存在问题。
Fearful alchemy is a useful definition of slavery.
可怕的炼金术是奴隶制的一个有建设性的定义。
"Literary" fiction has no hard-and-fast definition.
“文学”小说没有固定的定义。
By this definition, most of what you know, ideas, skills, stories, songs are memes.
根据这个定义，你所知道的大部分事物，包括想法、技能、故事和歌曲等，都是模因。
To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its use.
给一个词下定义要比举例说明它的用法困难得多。
The simplest definition of success is to set out to do something and to succeed in doing it.
成功最简单的定义就是着手去做一件事，并成功地完成它。
When are people likely to experience boredom, according to an accepted psychological definition?
根据公认的心理学定义，人在什么时候可能感到无聊？
By definition, not all the competing companies in an industry can seriously plan to be the best.
根据定义，在一个行业内，并不是所有的竞争公司都会认真地想成为最好的。
I think I have a very different perspective when it comes to the definition of what is beautiful.
我认为我对美的事物的定义有一个非常不同的视角。
Einstein used a definition of time for experimental purposes, as that which is measured by a clock.
爱因斯坦为达到实验目的使用了时间的定义，因为时间是用钟表测量的。
My definition revolves around the concept of "stickiness"—creations and experiences to which others adhere.
我的定义围绕着“粘性”——其他人拥护的创造和体验。
This definition excludes many individuals usually referred to as intellectuals, the average scientist, for one.
这一定义排除了许多通常被称为知识分子的人——比如一般的科学家。
While pinning down a definition has proven tricky, the general consensus is it's some means of information gathering.
虽然事实证明给好奇下定义很难，但大家普遍认为它是一种收集信息的手段。
The simplest definition I can give you is that Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and light.
我能给你的最简单的定义是光谱学是研究物质和光之间相互作用的学科。
On the other hand, rejection occurs when others treat you in a manner that in inconsistent with your self-definition.
另一方面，当别人对待你的方式与你的自我定义不一致时，你就会被拒绝。
According to the common definition, hunter-gathers are those who subsist by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants.
根据常见定义，捕集者是指那些以捕猎野生动物和采集野生植物为生的人。
The very impossibility of absoluteness in the definition of certain nouns adds to the levels of connotation they may reach.
在某些名词的定义中，绝对性的不可能性本身就增加了它们可能达到的内涵层次。
In that case, the climax community would be considered the most stable, since, by definition, it changes the least over time.
在这种情况下，顶极群落将被认为是最稳定的，因为根据定义，它随着时间推移所产生的变化最小。
In these areas, rainfall per month exceeds that in the above definition, so other factors must contribute to savanna formation.
在这些地区，每个月的降雨量超过了上述定义中的量，所以一定有其他因素促成草原的形成。
His definition is more intricate than Berger's, citing those five features that distinguish migration from other forms of movement.
他的定义比伯杰的更复杂，加入了区分迁徙与其他运动形式的五个特征。
One widely accepted psychological definition of boredom is "the distasteful experience of wanting, but being unable, to engage in satisfying activity."
人们普遍接受的一个关于“无聊”的心理学定义是：“因为渴望但无法参与令人满意的活动而带来的不愉快体验”。
A business glossary should contain not only the agreed-upon definition for a data element, but any variations or dependencies associated with that element.
一个业务术语表不但应该包含商定的数据元素定义，还应该包含与这个元素相关联的任何变体或依赖项。
In the United States they were considered to be Black, a social definition that was feasible because they were in the minority. In Brazil, it was not feasible.
在美国，他们被认为是黑人，这种社会定义是可行的，因为他们属于少数群体。在巴西，这是不可行的。
The definition also excludes the majority of teachers, despite the fact that teaching has traditionally been the method whereby many intellectuals earn their living.
这一定义也排除了大多数教师，尽管教学历来是许多知识分子谋生的传统手段。
We believe that the number of people who fit that definition includes the majority of American workers, which prompted us to begin a study of workaholism in the U.S.
我们认为，符合这一定义的人群包括大部分美国工人，这促使我们开始对美国的迷恋工作现象进行研究。
According to this definition, one species is distinguished from another by the possibility of matings between individuals from each species to produce fertile offspring.
根据这一定义，区分不同物种的标准是不同物种的个体间相互交配产生可育后代的可能性。
I'm going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly thirty years.
我将从我的前同事罗伯特·斯特恩伯格那里选择一个定义，他现在是塔夫茨大学的院长，但他在耶鲁大学任教近30年。
What constitutes an American Indian reservation is a question of practice, not of legal definition, and the pueblos have always been treated as reservations by the United States.
什么是美洲印第安人保留区是一个实践问题，而不是法律定义的问题，普韦布洛村落一直被美国视为保留区。
What constitutes an American Indian reservation is a question of practice, not of legal definition, and the pueblos have always been treated as reservations by the United States.
什么是美洲印第安人保留区是一个实践问题，而不是法律定义的问题，普韦布洛村落一直被美国视为保留区。
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