Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

  • -- William Safire 威廉·萨菲尔

有时我知道一个词的意思,但我已经厌倦了它,觉得需要一个不熟悉的,特别精确或诗意的词,也许一个细微的差别,以迎合我的读者细腻的敏感性。

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It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip.

诗性语言对散文语言的影响可以看作是一种决定性的鞭策。

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

诗歌是语言的命运之一……有人会说,诗意的意象,就其新颖性而言,为语言打开了一个未来。

At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.

起初,它是不熟悉的,然后它就扎根了。