Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.

  • -- Gerard Manley Hopkins 杰拉德·曼利·霍普金斯

美是一种关系,对美的理解是一种比较。

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Please, don't use a cornice as a doorstop. At least put it somewhere where people will have to look up at it. Architectural details really ought to be displayed in the same relation to the viewer as they were originally intended.

请不要用檐口做门挡。至少把它放在人们需要抬头看的地方。建筑的细节确实应该像它们最初的意图一样,以同样的关系展示给观众。

Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

权威不是一个人“拥有”的品质,也就是说他拥有财产或身体素质。权威是指人与人之间的一种关系,在这种关系中,一个人认为另一个人比他优越。