| 单词 | rationalisation |
| 例句 | I have spoken to mates in London and Manchester and they sound genuinely frightened and hopeless, and the details of their stories place this outbreak beyond the realms of any political idealism or rationalisation. UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you 2011-08-11T17:18:00Z If we lived in Mauritania, for example, where fatness is the beauty ideal, we would have no difficulty finding “biological” rationalisation for that attraction. Diet advice and tiny seats: how to avoid 10 forms of fatphobia 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Their philosophy is really a post-hoc rationalisation for the values they want to promote. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z Hanks is so measured, so committed to the process of rationalisation that it is impossible to imagine him losing his temper. Tom Hanks: ‘I’ve made a lot of movies that didn’t make sense – or money’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Bounded by Oxford Street to the north and Leicester Square to the south, Soho escaped rationalisation, boulevardisation and the intrusion of electric lighting. Nights Out by Judith R Walkowitz - review 2012-05-18T08:00:04Z His tragedy, which his careful revisions and rationalisations cannot conceal, is that he became what he had despised – as Hazlitt put it, "a living and ignominious satire upon himself". Christopher Hitchens: from socialist to neocon 2013-01-18T13:01:01Z Then a shake of the kaleidoscope, and you get the reason of it, the thing is after all quite normal – and then fresh impossibilities, fresh rationalisations. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z At a certain point, it begins to feel less like self-care and more like rationalisation. 'Gwyneth glows like a radioactive swan' – my day at the Goop festival 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z "We plan to strengthen efforts to improve profitability through rationalisation of production," the firm said on Monday in response to queries from Reuters, without commenting on the cut. Beijing Hyundai Motor cuts asking price for China auto plant by 30% 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z And it found he had made "after-the-event rationalisations" about the advice he had received. Boris Johnson Partygate report: Key findings at a glance 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Sales in North America fell by 23.4% in the quarter mainly due to the rationalisation of the distribution network, while they posted an improving trend in China. Ferragamo sales decline slightly in Q1 as U.S. weighs 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z More than a third of closures were independent shops which decided to wind up their business, also classed as rationalisation. Retail: Last year saw a big jump in the number of shops closing 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z "The kingdom had the third-biggest defence budget in the world, now it is the ninth thanks to spending rationalisation," Abukhaled said. Riyadh spent 5.1 bln riyals in incentives to local military industry in 2021/2022 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z In a joint statement, the archbishops of Canterbury and York said there were "no possible excuses, no rationalisations" and apologised "for our failures". Solihull vicar admitted knowledge of husband's sex offending 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z "Faster implementation of the expected fiscal reforms aimed at strengthening government revenue and expenditure rationalisation is needed," it said, adding that improvements in the financial position of state-owned enterprises were also key. Sri Lanka c.bank raises rates, targets inflation despite contraction in economy 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z "This rationalisation will always start with the least profitable parts of a business - which, in the case of multi-channel retailers, will more often than not be High Street stores," said Mr Tonge. M&S warns online sales tax will damage High Street 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z "Rather than company failure, rationalisation now seems to be the main driver for closures as retailers continue to reduce their cost base at pace," said CRR director Joshua Bamfield. Retail: Last year saw a big jump in the number of shops closing 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z "Moreover, the rationalisation regarding pest control is tenuous at best as there is no evidence of this being the case." Hunting bill: NI politicians to debate ban on hunting with dogs 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z "This is going to lead to a significant rationalisation of the downstream assets across the entire supply chain." Electric vehicles may cut global refining capacity demand by half in 2050 - Rystad 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The Northumberland Line was closed to passengers in 1964 as part of a rationalisation of the railway network known as the Beeching cuts. East West and Northumberland rail lines get £794m boost 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z "The prime minister didn't care. So the post-hoc rationalisation of his position with this rather superfluous text was entirely unconvincing." The day Brexit hit boiling point 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Democrats argue this was a rationalisation conjured up after the fact in order to conceal the true political motivation. White House budget lawyer quit over Ukraine aid concerns, says witness 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z It is to collude in the rationalisation of behaviour that may not be rational. The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z "There is no defence, no rationalisation, no suitable explanation for what my father said," she wrote. No defence for Reagan's racism, says daughter 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Autistic meltdowns are frequently misunderstood and brushed off as tantrums, but those who mischaracterise them as such are providing neurotypical rationalisations for behaviour they are unable to empathise with. Like Greta Thunberg, I am on the autism spectrum. She gives me hope | Charlie Hancock 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z On this issue, as on one or two others, Mr Trump's rationalisation of policy may be adrift but his gut instincts may not. The end of Trump's love affair with generals? 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z You can see it for yourself in their condescending rationalisations on Facebook and Twitter should you choose to surf beyond the reef of your own social media echo chamber. Australia is deplorably racist, as people of colour are reminded when they speak up | Jack Latimore 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z One comment, under an article about hundreds of GP surgeries closing over the past five years, suggested most businesses would be "pleased to see a rationalisation of their markets". Top NHS GP quits over anonymous posts 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z It sounds paradoxical, but all the power we were told we had led often not to courage, but to hesitation, rationalisation, even self-hatred and self-harm. ‘We believed we could remake ourselves any way we liked’: how the 1990s shaped #MeToo 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z "I think we're in a period of rationalisation now," he says, and a lot of stores need investment otherwise they will be forced to close. Is the vape shop boom about to end? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s not even, she says, a case of rationalisation. Meg Wolitzer: ‘You go for what feels human, and it transcends a political moment’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But such rationalisations are never more than convenient fictions. A revolution in our sense of self | Nick Chater 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z “This is completely unnecessary and arbitrary. Trump’s team wanted to find a rationalisation for an irrational decision.” Trump won't kill off Iran nuclear deal but calls on Congress to stiffen its terms 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The paper also recommends some rationalisation of the extremely complex rule books, relieving some simpler banks of the most burdensome and costly processes, and reducing the number of required regulatory submissions and stress test exercises. Financial deregulation: will the US really go back to a pre-crisis free-for-all? | Howard Davies 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z My “distress” purchases were in part a rationalisation of my own indolence. ‘Big guys don’t want to be treated like freaks’: the plus-sized menswear revolution 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z They help to provide a theological rationalisation for the violence of the radicals – based not on real knowledge, but an appeal to authority. Who are the new jihadis? 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Of all the mental gymnastics required of Trumpsters, none are more excruciating than the rationalisations offered by his evangelical cheerleaders. Absalom’s revenge 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “Well-informed people are likely to have more elaborate and internally consistent worldviews than inattentive people, but that just reflects the fact that their rationalisations are better rehearsed.” How the education gap is tearing politics apart | David Runciman 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z He says that those who think there are thousands of wasteful lawsuits share “the delusional rationalisations of serial ADA violators”. Frequent filers 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The best prospects for efficiency and rationalisation, then, are in improving the creaky system by which large numbers of freight-brokers haggle with even larger numbers of truckers. The appy trucker 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z But doubts have since grown as to how much this rationalisation will help the resulting firms cope with the pressures the industry is under. Bad romance 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z It is a proper rationalisation of the facts. Andy Murray takes rational approach to facing the mighty Novak Djokovic 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The measures include "significant rationalisation" of visitor centres, reducing office space and sharing IT service management with Pembrokeshire council. Jobs at risk at Brecon Beacons National Park - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z It is planning “office footprint rationalisation” - which is code for back office closures and cutbacks. FTSE hits three year low amid falling oil and Fed Week jitters – business live 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Now, under a rationalisation plan, Moûtiers is supposed to specialise in gerontology. Village croissant 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Still, what is officially described as a policy of retrenchment is an “ex post facto rationalisation for defeat,” quipped one well-connected foreign adviser. Wake-up call on Syrian army weakness prompted Russian intervention 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z "That is why it seems that Stimson was motivated by something more personal, and these other excuses were just rationalisations," says Prof Wellerstein. The man who saved Kyoto from the atomic bomb - BBC News 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z "When you acquire and you bring large organisations together there is a certain amount of unfortunate rationalisation that happens." Windows 10 launch is 'new era' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It is planning “office footprint rationalisation” - which is code for back office closures and cutbacks. FTSE hits three year low amid falling oil and Fed Week jitters – business live 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Last year, Aga announced a fall in profits, mainly because of pension costs, shop closures and site rationalisation, although revenues rose. Aga sold to US firm Middleby in £129m deal - BBC News 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z And some operators’ bosses may find it too painful to face commercial reality, delaying the rationalisation, Mr Shah worries. Under the hammer 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z "Its rationalisation of terrorism and false moral equivalencies provide no thoughtfulness or insight," they said in a statement issued by the Anti-Defamation League. New York's Met cancel The Death of Klinghoffer simulcast 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Aga Rangemaster profits cooled last year, mainly because of pension costs, shop closures and site rationalisation. Aga Rangemaster profits simmer down 2014-03-07T08:49:19Z Private equity firms have played a leading role in the rationalisation of Europe's cable market in the past decade, and those remaining are looking to cash in their investments. Europe's cable sector braces for more deals 2014-01-28T18:35:44Z "It's in that high-value area where we are seeing demand and where we are seeing opportunities," Irvin said, adding that business development and infrastructure rationalisation were also potential areas of investment focus. RPT-UPDATE 2-Kingmaker Bega claims spoils in Australia 'dairy wars' 2014-01-16T22:04:36Z But government offices and diplomatic buildings are ripe for rationalisation. State-owned assets: Setting out the store 2014-01-09T16:00:03Z The paper being presented to the fire board estimates that not pursuing a programme of property rationalisation and investment would involve continuing costs of £4.7m per year, equivalent to 162 firefighter posts. Fire board to consider closure plans 2013-09-25T23:12:17Z When the land was put on the market by the NLB as part of a rationalisation of its land holding, local people were given first refusal to buy it. 'Scots Land's End' transfer complete 2013-07-03T23:20:11Z An editorial in Indian newspaper DNA called the report a “poor defence, an unconvincing rationalisation” of the government’s performance. India's Ruling Coalition Gives Itself a Good Report Card 2013-05-24T06:05:26Z "All experts emphasize that photovoltaics will exit from the current bust cycle by continued cost cutting through cost rationalisations and economies of scale thereby sustaining and increasing demand," it adds. More than 1,000 firms demand end to EU-China solar PV trade war 2013-04-09T09:46:15Z Local politicians often drag their feet, fearing that greater transparency will usher in painful rationalisation. State-owned assets: Setting out the store 2014-01-09T16:00:03Z DMG Media's profit margin was up year on year despite increased investment in digital following the "rationalisation" of its printing plants last year. Mail Online revenues expected to hit £45m 2013-03-25T08:26:04Z Instead, she believes that "further consolidation is a must for longer-term viability, to enable cost rationalisation, test digital strategies and, most importantly, to invest in content – good old quality journalism." Labour MP urges Trinity Mirror to stop cutting staff in Birmingham 2013-03-13T09:02:00Z I'm convinced the train operating companies have not allowed any rationalisation because they make money from this. Have train fares gone up or down since British Rail? 2013-01-22T12:44:34Z Indeed Bob is clearly a kind of antic satirical genius, employing the ideas of what companies euphemise as "rationalisation" to his own benefit. Programmer Bob who outsourced his job was a model modern employee 2013-01-17T14:30:01Z It's a rationalisation rather than purely a curtailment. JD Sports not expected to break even until next year 2013-01-10T11:57:29Z But the Scottish government suggested there was a compelling case for mergers and rationalisation since some courses do not lead to jobs or may be duplicates of courses running at neighbouring colleges. Scotland's year in education 2012-12-30T00:59:20Z Now, Lord Freud is helping oversee a dramatic reduction of welfare services, under the mantra of rationalisation and efficiency. Lord Freud on welfare: making the poor pay for the risk-taking of the rich 2012-11-23T17:54:19Z Cash was boosted by a £65m payment from the MoD to discharge the government from liabilities for previous rationalisation costs. Qinetiq slides despite profit rise as global defence cutbacks set to increase 2012-11-21T11:33:59Z The poverty of anti-abortion rationalisations tells us exactly how little value such logic really places on women's lives. After Savita Halappanavar's death, the brutal irony of 'pro-life' is exposed 2012-11-19T13:46:49Z Meanwhile, the firm said it was suffering from "very substantial disruption to supplies caused by a major rationalisation programme being implemented by one of our largest suppliers in China". Toymaker Hornby makes heavy loss 2012-11-09T09:11:32Z The next step for large newspaper groups struggling to maintain profitability is an extensive rationalisation of the entire nation-wide structure of the industry. Monty is back - a rational man to rationalise regional newspapers 2012-10-29T08:12:38Z The first is simply a rationalisation for a government policy of deep welfare cuts. Lord Freud on welfare: making the poor pay for the risk-taking of the rich 2012-11-23T17:54:19Z The very term "AGI" is an example of one such rationalisation, for the field used to be called "AI" – artificial intelligence. Philosophy will be the key that unlocks artificial intelligence 2012-10-03T06:00:02Z But don't let those soothing rationalisations distract you, because implicit in the statistic highlighted by Eichenwald are two salutary, general lessons. Microsoft once ruled the world. So what went wrong? 2012-08-18T23:04:09Z As far as Purchase is concerned, it's still far too soon to talk about closure and rationalisation. London 2012: the glory and the guilt 2012-08-08T20:02:36Z This is important, because the OBR analysis is part of the rationalisation of Osborne's deficit strategy. Support? Criticism? The IMF's view of the UK offers something for everyone 2012-06-02T23:04:16Z In The Illusion of Conscious Will, though, Daniel Wegener discusses the possibility that the consciousness of volition is a post-hoc rationalisation. The Question: Do footballers know what they're doing? 2012-05-29T10:35:35Z "Anything we don't yet know how to program is called 'human intelligence'," is another such rationalisation. Philosophy will be the key that unlocks artificial intelligence 2012-10-03T06:00:02Z Rip-offs tend to occur in what gumshoes call the “fraud triangle”: where incentive, rationalisation and opportunity meet. Corporate fraud: Mind your language 2012-02-16T15:59:48Z A new report by José María Gay de Liébana this month presages a "football bubble crash" unless there is a sustained period of rationalisation among the top five European leagues. New report warns of a 'football bubble crash' unless spending is cut 2011-08-01T21:59:00Z The latter is kept in a logic-tight compartment and reconciled to the reason by rationalisations. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z The shakeup is being seen as part of a rationalisation as RIM struggles to contain costs while competing with Apple's iPhone and smartphones using Google's Android mobile operating system. BlackBerry maker RIM to cut 2,000 jobs 2011-07-25T13:43:15Z Clive Fairweather, who was involved in a previous army rationalisation "Options for Change" in 1990, said it is inevitable the Argylls - the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland - will be turned into a TA unit. Cuts fear for Scottish battalion 2011-07-25T12:50:27Z He also didn't want any retrospective rationalisation by interviewees, either. The Saturday interview: Asif Kapadia 2011-07-08T23:10:03Z Alison Murdoch, Head of the Newcastle Fertility Centre: The proposed rationalisation of regulation of embryo research is welcomed as it should remove much of the duplication of the present system. Report: Complex and Burdensome' Rules Thwart U.K. Medical Research 2011-01-11T00:01:00Z As will be easily seen, rationalisation is of everyday occurrence with all of us, and the man who rationalises always believes he is reasoning. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Contrary to the fashionable rationalisations of a few years ago, the British balance of payments problem did not disappear. It's not just the workers who are puzzled, Mr King 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z Print Magazines also showed a strong recovery in margins, following aggressive rationalisation activity, driving profits growth in spite of ongoing pressure on revenues. United Business Media falls 5% as profit takers cash in after results 2010-07-30T08:59:00Z "We believe that, through capital management and portfolio rationalisation, there will be opportunities for the combined entity to create additional shareholder value over and beyond the revenue and cost synergies identified," he said. Pru's record cash call gets lukewarm reception from City 2010-05-17T07:15:00Z Operating margin rose to 7% as the company focused on improving operating efficiencies through supplier and product rationalisation, logistics and waste reduction. Compass hopes outsourcing will be used to beat cuts 2010-05-12T16:01:00Z So the rationalisations went on and the logic-tight compartments were protected from injury. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Because you realise that the economic rationale for making New Zealand more Australian is just that - a rationalisation. Behold, Newstralia 2010-04-09T16:54:00Z We are looking to immediately address the significant monthly tax burden of the club by implementing a swift cost rationalisation programme. Administrator vows to save Pompey 2010-02-26T15:42:00Z This rationalisation promises a number of benefits for businesses and taxmen alike. 2009-12-17T11:02:00Z It would be much more reasonable to maintain the converse: that there exists between supernatural ideas and the belief in the absolute explicability and rationalisation of nature a peculiar mutual relation and attraction. Naturalism And Religion Browning does not carry the idea of repression as far as I do, Sludge producing clouds of rationalisations to cover his inconsistencies. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Statements like these are rationalisations; the real reason for the dislike lies deeper in every case. A Dominie in Doubt If the humanistic tendencies of the Renaissance could have worked on unimpeded, might not a revolution from above, a gradual rationalisation, have transformed the church? Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion In England before the end of the Civil War a movement for the rationalisation of religion had begun to make itself felt. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Neology, the name given to the rationalist theology of Germany or the rationalisation of the Christian religion. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Apparently, being part of the communist revolution gave him all sorts of ready-made rationalisations. Underground If that is so, my arguments will be mere rationalisations, but I give them for what they are worth. A Dominie in Doubt The rationalisation or adaptation of life progresses in proportion as the individual is mature, but here maturity is by no means equivalent to age. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Dauvit's argument that cremation would destroy the evidence in poisoning cases was a pure rationalisation. A Dominie in Doubt |
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