I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

  • -- Alan Sugar 休格

我是个商人,不是学者。

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Oversimplification is now a common term of reproach in academic discussions; everyone is against oversimplification. But there is no parallel term nearly as frequently used to describe the opposite phenomenon, which surely occurs as often, if not more so.

如今,在学术讨论中,过分简单化是一个常见的指责用语;每个人都反对过于简单化。但是,几乎没有一个平行术语像它那样频繁地用于描述相反的现象,而相反的现象即使没有发生得更多,也肯定会发生得同样频繁。

It seemed to me that I could write commercial fiction. I wasn't sure whether I could, or whether I wanted to write serious fiction at that point. So I said, 'Let me try something else,' and I wrote a mystery - but I didn't know much about it.

在我看来,我能写商业小说。当时我不确定我是否能,或者我是否想写严肃的小说。所以我说,‘让我试试其他的东西’,然后我写了一个谜——但我对它知之甚少。

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

在每一个商业国家,尽管自命享有平等权利,但少数人的提高必然会使多数人感到沮丧。

I was always more of an academic than a jock.

我更像一个学者而不是运动员。