A FEW weeks ago The Economist invited readers who enjoy our Big Mac index to invent other quirky economic indicators.

几周以前，《经济学人》邀请那些喜爱巨无霸指数的读者来发明其它古怪的经济指标。

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Since well-known techniques for estimating costs and calculating ROI already exist, there's no need to invent new ones.

既然已经有了比较出名的评估成本、计算ROI的技术，也就没有发明新技术的必要。

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Parents often have a hard time distinguishing between real pain and the imaginary maladies that young children sometimes invent .

家长们往往无法区分真的头痛和孩子们装模作样的呻吟。

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Mr Jackson did not invent the pop promotional video, as he is sometimes credited with doing.

杰克逊并没有像有时所说的那样发明了流行广告录影带。

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Though Steichen didn't invent fashion photography, an argument can be made that he created the template for the modern fashion photographer.

尽管史泰钦没有发明时尚摄影，但可以说他为现代时尚摄影师们创造了模板。

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As far as the product is concerned, the innovation required in a period of crisis is not to invent something different.

就产品而言，在危机时期的创新需要的不是去创造不同的东西。

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As one of the engineers, I can anticipate that someone will invent a 3D TV that does not require you to wear 3D glasses.

就像一个技术人员所说的，我能预见到未来肯定会有人发明出不需要佩戴3D眼镜的3D电视的。

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Without patents to protect their creations, inventors would have little incentive to invent .

没有专利保护自己的创作，发明家就没有动力去创造了。

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The Bullshitters, ignorant of facts, invent a story to protect themselves.

那些扯蛋的人并不了解事实，而通过编造故事来保护自己。

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it's deeply unreasonable, and deeply irresponsible, to invent reasons not to act because you're clinging to simplistic slogans.

那些死抱着简单的口号制造借口而不做事的才是最不合理，最不负责任的人。

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