The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

  • -- Christopher Lasch 克里斯托弗.拉什

家庭问题现在使我们的社会产生了如此深刻的分歧,对立的两方甚至无法就他们所争论的制度的定义达成一致意见。

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The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.

新闻机构的根本目的是教育和提供信息,甚至有人可能会说,是提高新闻水平。但在商业压力下,新闻机构的整个理念或许已经转变为另一种目的,那就是转移人们的注意力和娱乐。

The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.

棚屋的好客只受到战争制度的限制。