Rosenberg 确信地认为，公共健康运动的倡导者应该 学习非常善于应用同龄人压力的广告商学习
Sth. is filled with too much irrelevant detail and
not enough exploration of A that….
某物充斥着过多的无关细节 而对（怎么样的）A的探索则不够
Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful.
《加入俱乐部》这本书充斥着无关的细节，而对使得同龄人压力 功能强大的社会和生物学因素的探索则显得不足
The most glaring flaw of A as it’s presented here
is that it doesn’t work very well for very long
这里提出的A的最明显的不足是， 它不能够长时间的奏效
The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long
这里提出的社会治疗的最明显的不足是，它不能够长时间的奏效
Evidence that the A
produces lasting changes is limited.
证明A 产生持久的变化的证据是有限的
Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited. 证明“珍爱生命”计划产生持久变化的证据是很有限的
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There’s no doubt that
A exert enormous influence on B.
毫无疑问，A对B产生了巨大的影响
There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. 毫无疑问，我们的同龄人群体对我们的行为产生了巨大的压力
An emerging body of research shows that…
最近大量的研究表明…
An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication.
最近大量的研究表明，积极和消极的健康习惯都是通过社会交流中的朋友网络传播开的
Far less certain, however,
is how successfully Sb. can do sth.
然而，更为不确定的是，某人如何才能成功地做到某事
Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions.
然而更为不确定的事，专家们和官员们如何才能成功地 选择同龄人群体并且将他们的活动引向有道德的方向发展
A often emerges as a supplement to B.
A 通常是以B的补充形式出现的
Peer pressure often emerges as a supplement to the social cure 同龄人压力通常是以社会治疗的补充的形式出现的
A often emerges as a stimulus to B A 通常是以B的促进因素的形式出现的
Peer pressure often emerges as a stimulus to group dynamics.
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同龄人压力通常是以群体动力学的促进因素的方式出现的
A often emerges as an obstacle to B A 通常是以B的阻碍的形式出现的
Peer pressure often emerges as an obstacle to school progress 同龄人压力通常是以学校进步的阻碍的形式出现的
A often emerges as a cause of B A 通常是以B的原因的形式出现的
Peer pressure often emerges as a cause of undesirable behaviors. 同龄人压力通常是以导致不良行为产生的原因的形式出现的
Sth occurs without our realizing it
在我们没有意识到的情况下，某事就发生了
Our imitation of behaviors occurs without our realizing it 我们对行为的模仿，在没有意识的情况下就发生了
A ,插入语, provoked justified outrage when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by B.
当（怎么样的）A宣布它要违背一项长期以来的承诺， 即遵守B，这一行为激起了理所当然的愤怒
The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.
当宣布要违背一项长期以来的承诺，即遵守严格的核能管理法规，
这家新英格兰的重要的能源股供应商上周激起了Vermont州人民的理所当然的愤怒
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Sb. has done precisely
what it had long promised it would not
某人恰恰做了他长期以来承诺不会做的事情
The company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not. 这家公司恰恰做了它长期以来承诺不会做的事情
The conflict has been surfacing Since [year], when sb. did sth.
自从（哪年），这个冲突就浮出了水面， 当时某人做了某事
The conflict has been surfacing since 2002,
when the corporation boughtVermont’s only nuclear power plant 自从2002年，这个冲突就浮出了水面，当时这家公司购买了 Vermont州的唯一的一家核电厂
As a condition of doing sth, sb. agreed to do sth.
作为（可以）做某事的条件 某人答应做…
As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale,
the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. 作为获得州政府同意这桩买卖的条件
这家公司同意2012年之后的公司运营需先征得州监管机构的批准
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