The researchers' argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: With the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey - whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence - even the most influential members of a population simply don't interact with that many others.
研究人员的论点源于对社会影响的一个简单观察：除了像奥普拉·温弗瑞这样少数几位其巨大影响力主要源于媒体而非人际影响的名人外，人群中最有影响力的人实际上并不与太多其他人互动。
Unified has produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of a student’s academic grade.
统一政策制定了一项僵化的规定，要求除了一些高级课程外，家庭作业在学生的学业成绩中所占比例不得超过10%。
When women do break through to the summit of corporate power – as, for example, Sheryl Sandberg recently did at Facebook – they attract massive attention precisely because they remain the exception to the rule.
当女性最终突破到企业权力的顶峰——比如，谢丽尔·桑德伯格最近在Facebook所做的那样——她们会吸引大量关注，正是因为她们仍然是这一规则的例外。
All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession - with the possible exception of journalism.
在全球范围内，律师这个职业比其他任何职业都更容易引发敌意——也许除了新闻业之外。
Everything he achieved in life was earned the hard way and his success in the literary field was no exception.
他一生中所取得的一切成就都是通过艰苦努力获得的，而他在文学领域的成功也不例外。
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。