Social psychologists have amassed oceans of research into what they call the “above average effect”, or “illusory superiority”, and shown that, for example, 70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at getting on well with others – all obviously statistical impossibilities.
社会心理学家已经积累了大量关于他们称之为“高于平均水平效应”或“虚假优越感”的研究，并证明例如，70%的人认为自己在领导力方面高于平均水平，93%的人认为自己在驾驶方面高于平均水平，85%的人认为自己在与他人相处方面高于平均水平——显然这些都是统计上的不可能现象。
Driving her point home, she continued: "It's increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose, of a moral language within government, media or business could become one of the most dangerous goals for capitalism and freedom.
为了强调她的观点，她继续说道：‘越来越明显的是，政府、媒体或商业中缺乏目标感和道德语言，可能会成为资本主义和自由最危险的目标之一。’
Think about driving a route that’s very familiar.
想想驾驶一条非常熟悉的路线。
On these sorts of trips it’s easy to lose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery.
在这些类型的旅行中，很容易在驾驶时分心，对沿途风景也关注甚少。
Likewise, automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.
同样，自动化最终应该会提高生产率，通过压低价格刺激需求，并使工人摆脱繁重而无聊的工作。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。