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Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

酒神巴克斯,n。酒神古代发明的一种方便的神，用作醉酒的借口

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Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said.

二十世纪的医学研究大多是在实验室里进行的;然而，在文艺复兴时期，研究人员首先去图书馆看看古人说了些什么。

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E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.

就我而言，电子邮件比电话方便得多。如果我能侥幸逃脱，我就把手机扔掉。

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Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.

对现代读者来说，任何基于古代文本的东西都很难理解。

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I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

我喜欢在方便的时候出名，不方便的时候完全默默无闻。

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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.

无知不是借口，这是事实。

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