In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.

  • -- Charles Lyell 赖尔

在回答时,我只能辩解说,对一项似乎与以往调查的总基调相矛盾的发现,人们自然会很犹豫地接受。

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I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation.

事实上,我认为它是数学技术的一大优势,它允许我们用代数方程来描述一个图案的一般特征,即使我们不知道决定其具体表现形式的数值。

It would appear that the number of nonsense triplets is rather low, since we only occasionally come across them. However this conclusion is less secure than our other deductions about the general nature of the genetic code.

似乎无意义的三胞胎的数量是相当低的,因为我们只是偶尔遇到他们。然而,这一结论并不像我们对遗传密码的一般性质的其他推论那么可靠。

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.

犹豫在出生之前。如果有灵魂的轮回,那么我还没有在最底层。我的人生在出生前就是一场彷徨。

If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.

如果你穿着它感觉不舒服,就不要穿它。因为它永远不会好看。在试衣间犹豫了一下就走开。

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

艺术家不需要知道太多;最重要的是,让他本能地工作,像呼吸或走路一样自然地画画。

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

对我来说,耐心不是与生俱来的,但在烹饪中,它是最重要的技能。