1. In fact, it is the polar opposite of that slippery, disgusting, ever
manipulable entity called History.
实际上,相比于历史这种难以捉摸,令人厌恶并且总是为人操纵的东西,小说是种完全相反的形式。
2. It is "better, more automatic, less
manipulable and less easily distorted by corruption and rent-seeking" than subsidising domestic industries.
比起补贴当地产业,这政策是”更好、更直接、较不能被操弄、以及不容易被贪污和寻租行为所扭曲”。
3. Generally speaking, controls should offer static or dynamic visual hinting, whereas pliant (
manipulable) data more frequently should offer cursor hinting.
一般来说,控件应该提供静态或者动态视觉暗示,而受范(可被操作)的数据应该较多的采用光标暗示。