At first glance , the core conclusion that the world is witnessing the emergence of a new multipolar system seems unremarkable .
乍看之下,报告的核心结论似乎很寻常:全球正在见证一个新多极体系的出现。
Even in countries where corruption is so common as to be unremarkable and unprosecutable-and even when the transaction happens far from snooping eyes-a bribe is almost always dressed up as some other kind of exchange .
Coming from the band of geologists and former oil-industry hands who believe that the world is facing an imminent shortage of oil , this would be unremarkable .