It started out by assuming perfect knowledge and when that assumption turned out to be untenable it went through ever increasing contortions to maintain the fiction of rational behavior .
The respondents noted four cases in which yoga 's extreme bending and contortions resulted in some degree of brain damage .
受访者指出,瑜伽练习中因过度弯曲和扭转导致某种程度脑损伤的病例有四起。
But the contortions have begun to make sure that a default rating would not cause chaos .
但是为了保证违约评级不至于引起混乱,只得开始用些“变通”的方法了。
Some bills go through numerous legislative contortions before they are approved .
一些法案通过之前要经过立法上许许多多的妥协。
His facial contortions amused the audience of schoolchildren .
他扮鬼脸逗得小学生观众都笑起来了。
He apparently believes his own contortions of the truth .
他显然相信自己对事实的理解。
The first thing an astute reader will have noticed is that my sample application went through some odd contortions to get its input data .
聪明的读者首先会注意到,我的样本应用程序通过一些不常见的、过于复杂的方法来获取其输入数据。
But the contortions of their western rivals to avoid the same fate suggest there is little hope it will be that simple .
不过,西方同行为了避免类似命运而经历的曲折表明,问题不会这么轻易解决。
His administration has been defined by corruption and incompetence , and his tattered " re-election " victory in 2009 forced the country 's benefactors into all manner of embarrassing contortions .
But pearl , not a whit startled at her mother 's threats , any more than mollified by her entreaties , now suddenly burst into a fit of passion , gesticulating violently , and throwing her small figure into the most extravagant contortions .