Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down.

  • -- Frank Luntz 弗兰克·伦茨

词汇有时会被用来混淆视听,但这取决于语言研究的实践者如何将其应用于善而非恶。它就像火一样;火可以加热你的房子,也可以把它烧掉。

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The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.

旋律和和弦的变化越多,对俱乐部来说就越不好,但对电台来说就越好,因为它能让它变得非常情绪化。

Sometimes, a word succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of its creators, like a virus sent into the world to infect common speech.

有时,一个词的成功超出了它的创造者的最疯狂的梦想,就像病毒被送到世界上感染普通的语言。

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

有些作家混淆了他们应该永远瞄准的真实性和他们永远不必担心的原创性。

The worst person doesn't lack some good deeds.

最坏的人并不缺乏一些好的行为。

Don't confuse facts with reality.

不要把事实和现实混淆起来。

French was my first language.

法语是我的第一语言。