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They had to formally ascertain their authority again and install among the general public a respect for formalism and intellectualism.

他们必须要再次正式确立自己的权威，让普罗大众尊重形式主义和知性主义。

It then tries to ascertain whether the writer is drunk by asking five mathematical questions that have to be answered in a limited time.

为了确定邮件发送者是否喝醉了，程序会给出5道数学题，发送者必须在限定时间内做出回答。

We conducted our own, entirely unscientific, survey to ascertain just how much chocolate Nobel laureates ate.

我们开展了完全没有科学依据的调查，来探知诺贝尔奖获得者们的巧克力消费量。

The school that my daughter attends is trying to decide whether or not to ascertain books, which some parents think are inappropriate.

我女儿所在的学校正试图决定是否禁止一些书刊，然而一些家长认为这样做不合适。

The detective was trying to ascertain exactly who was at the party.

这个侦探试图查明都有谁参加了聚会。

But it must also be democratic, based on an independent auditing of debt to ascertain how much might be illegitimate.

同时它又必须是民主的，在对债务进行独立审计的基础上，确定其中哪些是不合规则的。

The subjects had been using their phones only for an average of about four years, which may not be long enough to ascertain cancer risk.

第一，这些被调查者使用手机的平均时间大约只有四年，这个时间长度还不足以确定致癌风险。

He said he was trying to ascertain whether a newly agreed hotline would give him the ability to talk to Gen Jing.

他表示，自己将设法弄清楚，能否通过两国新达成一致意见的热线电话与靖志远将军进行对话。

With comparing and selecting, the author found a proper statistical method, which can be used to ascertain unattached guidelines.

同时，还在比较、选择的基础上，研究了适合于确定独立性评价指标的统计研究方法。

Identities of the 19 injured have been confirmed, and police are still trying to ascertain the identities of the dead.

19名伤者的身份已确认，警方仍在试图确认死者身份。

She still kept her lips tightly compressed, as if determined fully to ascertain her longitude and position, before she committed herself.

她依旧一言不发，仿佛打定了主意，在没有完全弄清自己的处境以前，决不随便发表意见。

If they say: "You must pay for it" , then you must ascertain how much.

如果对方说：“你必须照价赔偿”，你就得问清楚是多少钱。

Many political studies have been conducted in an attempt to ascertain who are likely to be non voters.

为了要确定哪些人大概不会投票，曾进行过许多次政治研究。

Now he could ponder the last question in light of his previous answers and perhaps ascertain the correct response.

现在他可以按照以前寻找答案的方式深思最后一个问题，也许可以找到正确的答案。

We want to see final figures of boys and girls and the relations to ascertain what sort of group we have here.

我们要看看男孩和女孩完整的样子以及他门之间的关系，从而确定他们究竟属于哪个群体。

Returning along the garden path Tess mused on what the mother could have wished to ascertain from the book on this particular day.

当苔丝沿着花园的小道回屋时，心里默默地想，母亲在今天这个特别的日子里是想从书中查找什么。

I rose, and went into the garden, as soon as I could see, to ascertain if there were any footmarks under his window.

我才能瞅得见就起来了，到花园里去，想弄明白他窗下有没有足迹。

I'm trying to ascertain if she joined the SS freely, hmm? Of her own free will.

我只是想确认她加入党卫军是否出于自愿。

There is a concordant liability, as well: observers of library activity will not be able to ascertain how unfilled demand is met.

这里还伴随着一个问题：图书馆活动的观测者们无法确定那些未被满足的需求得到了怎样的的填补。

And if I were to get up at this very moment and ascertain that the mark on the wall is really - what shall I say?

假如我在此时此刻站起身来，弄明白墙上的斑点果真是——我们怎么说不好呢？。