The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

  • -- Christopher Lasch 克里斯托弗.拉什

家庭问题现在使我们的社会产生了如此深刻的分歧,对立的两方甚至无法就他们所争论的制度的定义达成一致意见。

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The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.

新闻机构的根本目的是教育和提供信息,甚至有人可能会说,是提高新闻水平。但在商业压力下,新闻机构的整个理念或许已经转变为另一种目的,那就是转移人们的注意力和娱乐。

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other.

我们可以谈论制度,但最终律师是一个既与公众接触又了解司法制度的群体。