It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

人们很容易承认,大学授予的学位应该是向公众保证,拥有学位的人拥有一定数量的知识。

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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。

Even if a university should turn out to be another version of a school, I had decided I could lose myself afterwards as an anonymous particle of the London I already loved.

即使一所大学变成了另一种形式的学校,我也已经决定,我可能会在毕业后迷失自己,成为我已经热爱的伦敦的一个无名小我。

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

一个男人和他的妻子之间,除了爱,没有什么可以支配。权柄是给孩童和仆人的,却不是不可爱的。

During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge.

在我的第一届国会任期内,我签署了一项承诺,我将不再接受任何专项拨款,我一直信守这一承诺。

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

利益分配要循序渐进;这样他们的味道会更好。

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

他给优柔寡断的做法披上了政治家风度的光环。

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

我大二开始在密歇根大学表演。

The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan.

效忠誓词不会以向撒旦致敬而结束。