Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

对不同时期所作的陈述进行比较,常常使我们能够对文化因素的出现给出最大和最小的日期,或为人口的流动确定时间限制。

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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.

我想,他们的外表也许也会显得那么与众不同,我倒不是没有同情心;就像动物一样,它们以不同的形式与我们相遇,无论如何看起来都是和谐的。我就站在这样的形式上。

As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.

正如伟人的影响是无止境的一样,一项伟大的考察也没有确定的终点,没有终点;它持续了几个世纪,一直对日益增长的人口和日益扩大的领域日益增长的需求的压力作出反应。

I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.

我成了和平运动的俘虏。但你不能说末日就要来临,然后又说你要回自己的花园去挖。

Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs and abilities of the children who enter them.

为了满足全体人民的需要,学校必须提供与入学儿童的需要和能力一样丰富和多样的课程。

From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我就知道会有什么事情发生在我身上。不知道具体是什么。

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

贝多芬长得很帅。这主要是关于外表的戏剧性。

Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable!

早到是准时,准时是迟到,迟到是不可接受的!

I really liked the Seattle movement.

我真的很喜欢西雅图运动。