Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.

  • -- Benjamin Lee Whorf 本杰明·李·沃尔夫

霍皮语中大多数形而上的词汇是动词,而不是欧洲语言中的名词。

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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

即使在今天,当人们说我漂亮的时候,我一个字也不相信。

Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.

不知何故,作为一名作家,你倾向于用文字来掩盖结构裂缝。