It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

只有当语言学对它的研究对象有了更多的认识,也就是对它的整个范围有了更多的认识之后,很明显,这门科学才能对几乎所有人都感兴趣的一系列研究作出贡献。

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You don't get real reform by pandering to every special interest. With cap and trade we wound up with a bill that didn't accomplish much, was enormously complicated and expensive.

你不能通过迎合每一个特殊利益集团来获得真正的改革。在总量管制与排放交易中,我们最终提出的法案并没有取得多大成果,它非常复杂,成本也很高。

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

我看到人们对诗歌的兴趣又复活了。在联邦资助方面,我对艺术的前景不那么乐观。

Those who do scientific or medical studies and have conclusions are reflecting the results preferred by those who pay them.

那些进行科学或医学研究并得出结论的人,反映了付费者所青睐的结果。

The destruction of this universe would have no significance on a cosmic scale.

这个宇宙的毁灭在宇宙范围内没有任何意义。

Evidence of epistasis from hybridization studies is more scarce.

来自杂交研究的上位性证据更少。

Nobody is driven by abstractions like seeking truth.

没有人会被像追求真理这样的抽象概念所驱使。