Historically, Heathrow has been something of a joke, outweighed by its excellent connections. We have to aspire to having an airport at Heathrow with two runways which is a world-class airport. It's a big challenge.

  • -- Philip Hammond 菲利普·哈蒙德

从历史上看,希思罗机场一直是一个笑话,其出色的连接能力超过了它。我们希望希思罗机场有两条跑道,这是一个世界级的机场。这是一个很大的挑战。

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Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.

这样的讨论对我们欣赏艺术或诗歌的优秀作品帮助甚微,无法区分它们的优劣,也无法使用诸如“美”、“卓越”、“艺术”、“诗歌”等词汇,而这些词汇的含义比它们原本的含义更为精确。

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist.

我想胡安突然停了下来——他走到半路下了火车。他当然是一个优秀的作家和好人,但我不是一个民族主义者。

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to.

在和妻子谈话时,我们互相盯着对方说,‘这是怎么回事?为什么会这样?为什么是现在?“这不是我所渴望的。

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

任何作品,无论它多么谦虚地追求艺术的境界,都应该在每一行都有它的理由。

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

我们知道,从历史上看,第二任期一直被傲慢和丑闻所玷污。

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

意义是由社会、历史和修辞构成的。