They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed.

  • -- Arthur C. Clarke 亚瑟·C·克拉克

他们还没有达到全能的那种麻木不仁的无聊状态;他们的实验并不总是成功。

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Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.

熟悉的、趋向肮脏的生活,已经被遥远的、普遍理想化的生活所取代;书中引入了一些历史细节,以教育那些受到娱乐的读者。

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

专家是那些通过知道什么该注意,什么该忽略而成功地简化了决策和判断的人。