People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

  • -- Thomas Mann 托马斯·曼

人们的行为是有意义的,如果你从他们的目标,需求和动机来考虑的话。

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Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

就像那只小鸟,在纤细的树枝上停了一会儿,觉得树枝在她身下弯了下来,却仍在歌唱,因为她知道自己有翅膀。

The motive for a deed usually changes during its performance: at least, after the deed has been done, it seems quite different.

行为的动机通常在其执行过程中发生变化:至少,在行为完成之后,看起来是完全不同的。

A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.

一个节目需要时间来找到观众,他们现在很快就能把观众从节目中拉出来。

The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.

作家迷迷糊糊地走出他的工作室。他想喝一杯。他需要它。

We sometimes try to second-guess those who have not even made a first guess.

我们有时试图对那些甚至连第一个猜测都没有做出的人进行事后猜测。