Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

  • -- Willard Van Orman Quine 威拉德·冯·奥曼·蒯因

意义是本质脱离了指称的对象而依附于词时所变成的东西。

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This is a basic requirement the meaning of globalization is that we should admit that the economy of each country is dependent on the economy of all the others.

这是一个基本的要求,全球化的含义是我们应该承认每个国家的经济都依赖于其他所有国家的经济。

If the child has not an object that it can occupy itself with, it feels ennui; for it does not yet know how to occupy itself with itself.

如果孩子没有一个可以让他自己玩的东西,他就会感到无聊;因为它还不知道怎样用自己来充实自己。

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

当我评判艺术时,我把我的画放在上帝创造的物体旁边,比如树或花。如果冲突,那就不是艺术。

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

衡量意思,而不是看单词。