Bans and taxes can be blunt instruments, but their harshest critics can rarely suggest better methods.

禁令和税收可能不够一针见血，但对其最严厉的批评者却很少能提出更好的方法。

Blunt instruments do exist, from mandatory retirement ages to explicit term limits.

确实存在生硬的手段，从强制退休年龄到明确的任期限制。

Take out his eyes with a blunt instrument.

用钝器挖出他的眼睛。

Unfortunately, they are blunt instruments that do not produce naturalistic sleep.

不幸的是，它们是无法产生自然睡眠的钝器。

That’s what this degree of yours is, a blunt instrument.

你这个度就是这么个东西， 钝器。

As a result, the First Amendment is by design a blunt instrument.

因此，第一修正案在设计上是一种钝器。

And again, this is where like scientific experiments are big blunt instruments, okay?

再说一遍，这就是像科学实验一样的大钝器的地方，好吗？

According to the police, his attackers beat him with a blunt instrument.

【according to】按照警方的说法，袭击者用钝器击打他。

Death was due to a blow on the head with a blunt instrument.

【instrument】死亡是由于钝器击中头部所致。

'And then raging mother waits for him with a blunt instrument and tips the body into the river.

“然后愤怒的母亲拿着钝器等着他， 把尸体扔进河里。

It may be a blunt instrument, but raising interest rates is still central banks' main tool for taming inflation.

这可能是一个生硬的工具，但提高利率仍然是中央银行抑制通货膨胀的主要工具。

It was a horrible wound. The cranium had been smashed open by some blunt instrument, leaving the naked brains exposed, and the cerebral matter had suffered deep abrasions.

伤处看来很是怕人。头盖骨被冲击的器械打碎，脑子露出来，脑上受到了很厉害的摩擦。

Fourth, we're designing smart therapeutics that can do calculations within the body and go far beyond current medicines, which are really blunt instruments.

第四，我们正在设计智能疗法， 可以在体内进行计算， 远远超出目前的药物， 这些药物确实是钝器。