The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

  • -- Sir Edward Burnett Tylor 爱德华·伯内特·泰勒爵士

人们最初由于所选择的位置而被迫养成了在桩子上盖房子的习惯,后来就像在荷兰一样,人们也把这种习惯作为一种品味来遵循。

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Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.

就像今天的公寓一样,房屋的露台从相同的立面获得了某种匿名性,遵循相同的平面和高度。

You have a habit of turning up in unexpected places, Potter, and you are very rarely there for no good reason.

你总爱在意想不到的地方出现,波特,而且你很少无缘无故地出现在那里。

Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.

习惯是蜘蛛网,然后是电缆。

I really love houses.

我真的很喜欢房子。