A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day.
一个世纪前，很少有人每天多次定期刷牙。
Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert's appointment in the Times, calls him "an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.
就连在《纽约时报》上曾支持吉尔伯特任命的托马西尼，也称他为‘一位不张扬的音乐家，身上完全没有那种令人敬畏的指挥家的气质’。
As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.
作为对一个此前由古斯塔夫·马勒和皮埃尔·布列兹这样著名音乐家领导的乐团下一任音乐总监的描述，这似乎至少会让一些《纽约时报》的读者觉得评价有些轻描淡写。
Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives.
想要在困难时期留住外部董事的公司可能不得不创造一些激励措施。
leaving the board in tough times
在困难时期退出董事会
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。