It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

人们很容易承认,大学授予的学位应该是向公众保证,拥有学位的人拥有一定数量的知识。

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When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before.

当他们在公众面前表演的时候,他们应该有一种相对容易的感觉,如果之前做过技术性和解释性的工作的话。

I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.

我不喜欢剑桥。但我不应该只责怪剑桥。我还没有准备好上大学,也没有准备好离开家的痛苦。这是一个巨大的文化冲击。

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

一个男人和他的妻子之间,除了爱,没有什么可以支配。权柄是给孩童和仆人的,却不是不可爱的。

In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.

在我们每天的誓约中,我们誓约一个国家在上帝的庇佑下,人人享有自由和正义。

I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education.

我很高兴没有上大学。我迫不及待地想脱离教育。

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

他给优柔寡断的做法披上了政治家风度的光环。

It is a pledge that senility has not the last say in everything.

这是一个保证,衰老并不是在所有事情上的最后发言权。