There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorted for the purpose of such imaginative suggestion than that the poet's metaphors should spoil his words for the ordinary uses of man.

  • -- William H. Hunt 威廉H.亨特

没有什么比诗人的比喻破坏了他的文字,使其不能用于人类的日常用途更能说明为什么一幅画的特征会被这样富有想象力的暗示所歪曲了。

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Women are the real reason we get up every day. I'm talking about real men. If there were no women, I would not even have to bathe, because why would I care? These are guys I'm hanging with. I wake up for a woman every day of my life to make it happen for her.

女人是我们每天起床的真正原因。我说的是真正的男人。如果没有女人,我甚至不用洗澡,因为我又何必在乎呢?这些人是我的朋友。我每天都为一个女人醒来,为她实现梦想。

The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.

当然,现代自然科学的进步远远超出了所有人的预期,任何有关自然科学可能存在某些局限性的说法,都必然会引起怀疑。

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.

不过,关于技术变革的速度令作家感到恐惧的说法,可能有一定的道理——要保持领先于真正的发展是非常困难的。

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

我明天来这里的唯一原因是日程表上说我必须来。

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.

阅读是一种积极的、富有想象力的行为;需要工作。