In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.

  • -- Charles Lyell 赖尔

在回答时,我只能辩解说,对一项似乎与以往调查的总基调相矛盾的发现,人们自然会很犹豫地接受。

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It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.

人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一,但只要分数权重是一般的,就没有必要特别解释这个事实,也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.

当然,我想演奏真正的爵士乐。当我们演奏流行音乐时,很自然地,我们不得不这样做,我想让那些流行音乐踢我!不大声和快速,理解,但平稳和明确的打击。

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

我想指出的是,生活模仿艺术远远超过艺术模仿生活的一般原则。

Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

毫无疑问,贾巴尔是我遇到过的最好的球员。

I feel like everything has happened naturally.

我觉得一切都是自然发生的。