But in their desire for reform, European policymakers have produced draft proposals ranging from counter-productive to downright unworkable.

但为了实行改革，欧洲的政策制定者已形成了多份提议草案，可这些草案不是效果适得其反，就是根本没有可行性。

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It is the time that you can enjoy the delicious food when you feel downright empty.

当你饥肠辘辘，可以饱餐一顿的时候；

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When you’re just beginning a yoga or fitness program, it can be intimidating or even downright confusing because there are so many choices.

当你开始选择瑜伽或者是健身项目时，你可能有些胆怯或是完全的迷惑了，因为有这么多的选择。

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Of course not; it might be seen as rather sad, if not downright suspect.

当然不会。别人会觉得你很可悲，如果不是很可疑的话。

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To most people, that’s downright cheeky: like a man getting a blowjob from your spouse while asking you to make him a cup of tea.

对大多数人而言，这是彻头彻尾的厚颜无耻：就像是，有个家伙让你家那位给他吹喇叭，同时又要求你给他泡杯茶。

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Typing a password over and over again can be downright annoying -- worse, it presents a significant obstacle to hands-off automation.

反复地输入同一个密码会让人感到讨厌，更糟糕的是，它极大地阻碍了自动化的实现。

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Join Stephen Battersby for a tour of some of the most frigid, violent and downright strange worlds we have discovered since then.

和StephenBattersby一起领略我们已经探知的最寒冷、最猛烈、以及完全陌生的奇妙世界吧。

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Even if things take a nastier turn and she’s downright argumentative, she may just be trying to show off her smarts or get under your skin.

即使事情变得更糟糕，她跟你争辩得不休，她也可能只是想显示自己的聪明，或让你不安。

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Across the street was a small park with two downright stunning photos of an array of fall colors.

街对面明显有两个可以拍摄大量迷人秋叶照片的小公园。

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Richard Viguerie, a veteran conservative activist, says that "I’ve never seen conservatives so downright fed up as they are today" .

经验丰富的保守运动者RichardViguerie说，“我从没见过保守主义者如今天这般，令人完全厌倦。”

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But many early theories of dreaming either didn’t address evolution at all, or downright contradicted it, she said.

可是很多早先的关于梦的理论一点也不考虑进化，或者说完全对进化加以否定，她说。

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The alternative view is sceptical of, or even downright hostile to, the modern food business.

另一种观点对现代食品业持怀疑态度，甚至是彻头彻尾的敌视。

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Without it, the body gets nauseous, restless, shaky. . . downright sick.

没有了它们，生理上会感到恶心、烦躁、颤抖…彻底地得病了。

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Defining thread safety clearly is surprisingly hard, and most definitions seem downright circular.

明确定义线程安全性出人意料地困难，大多数定义看上去完全是自我循环。

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But because the greedy, shortsighted and, in some cases, downright crooked people must be punished this time.

那些贪婪，鼠目寸光，有些甚至是纯粹的大骗子的所有人都要在这个时候受到惩罚。

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You can scream, be self righteous or downright offensive.

你可以放声尖叫、自以为是或者破口大骂。

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Your get together can lead to a new best friend or end up in downright disaster.

你们的见面会产生一个新的挚友友，或者以彻头彻尾的不幸结束。

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the European Union appeared multilateralist to a fault, if not downright divided.

欧盟则似乎多边过头了，如果说不上彻头彻尾的分裂的话。

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The Power Nap Puking - Puking is probably the world’s ickiest form of generating relief, but it is downright effective.

呕吐——呕吐恐怕是世界上最令人厌恶的减轻痛苦的方式，但它却非常有效。

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Defence contractors in the US, for example, trade at reasonable, if not downright cheap, multiples to both earnings and sales.

譬如，相对于其盈利和销售额，美国国防承包商股票价格均较为合理——如果说不是十分便宜的话。

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Other details are not just gruesome, but downright shocking.

其他细节不仅可怕，而且更加令人震惊。

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The car industry’s first attempts at turbocharging front-wheel-drivers would have been hilarious had they not been so downright dangerous.

如果不是明显具有危险性的话，汽车行业首个采用涡轮增压、前轮驱动的尝试将令人发笑。

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Where DoS is just an annoyance, a DDoS attack can be downright deadly, as it can take a server offline quickly.

如果说DoS攻击仅会让人感觉讨厌的话，那么DDoS攻击则是致命的，因为它能迅速使服务器离线。

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If monetary policy seems indifferent to the economy, then fiscal policy is downright truculent.

如果说货币政策在经济现状中已经无足轻重，那么财政政策就是彻彻底底的落井下石了。

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If he was short tempered before, now he’s downright giddy because he’s getting some from you and another woman.

如果以前他是个急性子，那现在变得完全让人眼花缭乱，因为他既有你还有别的女人。

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But enforcement of the rules has been inconsistent and sometimes downright hypocritical.

实施这些规定并不是前后一致的，有时就是彻头彻尾的伪善行为。

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In fact, I think he said it was downright weird.

事实上，我想他说的是这真够古怪离奇的。

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In fact, I think many things in XML are silly, misplaced, or downright wrong.

事实上我认为XML的很多东西愚蠢无聊、本末倒置或者是完全错误的。

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Yes, there are plenty of straight people who are insensitive, offensive, and downright evil toward the LGBT community.

是的，有许许多多的直人，他们冷酷无情、冒昧失礼、对LGBT人群体充满厌恨。

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All of this abstraction comes at a cost of complexity, and if abstraction is taken far enough, it can get downright ugly.

所有这些抽象都是以复杂性为代价的，如果抽象过度，可能会彻底地弄巧成拙。

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