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The researchers found there were practical reasons why the size gap translated into a pay gap.
研究者发现身高差距导致薪酬不同是有实际原因的.
这里的translate可不是翻译的意思.
Translate: if one thing translates into another, the second thing happens as a result of the first 导致,变为...
I hope all the hard work will translate into profits.
我希望所有的辛勤劳动都会有回报.
Be capable of sth/doing sth: 有能力走某事
He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
他颇有能耐考撒谎度过难关.
I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself, thank you.
谢谢,我完全有能力自己做这项工作.
But the discrepancy is explained mainly by discrimination, the simple fact that society tends to look on tall people as more powerful and smarter, even when they're not.
Discrepancy: a difference between two or more things that should be the same 差异,不符合,不一致
wide discrepancies in prices quoted for the work
这项工作的报价出入很大
Discrimination: the practice of treating sb or a particular group in society less fairly than others 区别对待,歧视,偏袒
discrimination against the elderly
歧视老人
discrimination in favour of the young
厚待年轻人
Look on sb/sth as sb/sth: to consider sb/sth to be sb/sth 把...看做,把...视为
She's looked on as the leading authority on the subject.
她被视为这门学科的主要权威.
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