Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?

  • -- Evangelista Torricelli 托里切利福音

水银在容器中没有倾斜度,没有任何反感,甚至没有丝毫的反感,因此,当它进入容器时,它应该上升到足够高的水柱中,使之与迫使它上升的外部空气的重量达到平衡,这难道不奇怪吗?

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We know, in other words, the general conditions in which what we call, somewhat misleadingly, an equilibrium will establish itself: but we never know what the particular prices or wages are which would exist if the market were to bring about such an equilibrium.

换句话说,我们知道一般的情况,在这种情况下,我们所谓的均衡会建立起来,这多少有点误导人,但我们永远不知道,如果市场带来这样一种均衡,会存在什么样的特定价格或工资。

I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.

我一点也不概括;我不觉得它有用,也不喜欢它束缚我的方式。我喜欢惊喜和自发性的元素,让故事找到自己的方式。

In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?'

在那些还没有演奏完最后一首赋格曲的情侣们之间的每一个问题和每一句反反复复的评论中,都有一个问题,那就是:“有新人吗?”

I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium.

我对经济学产生了兴趣,当我接触到一般经济均衡的数学理论时,这种兴趣变成了毕生的奉献。

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.

多年来,我从未想过要质疑工作室负责人的判断。

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

我喜欢看那些给我带来惊喜和乐趣的好演员。

I have no inclination to seek attention.

我不想引起别人的注意。