This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.

  • -- William Robertson Smith 威廉·罗伯逊·史密斯

既然如此,神话就不应该在古代信仰的科学研究中占据如此重要的地位。

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While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.

虽然环境基因组计划不寻求分配等位基因频率,但我们意识到准确估计等位基因频率对未来流行病学研究的重要性,以及这种估计所需的大样本数量。

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight.

一旦你被分配到一个航班上,所有的机组人员都被分配到同一时间,然后机组人员一起训练一年,为那个航班做准备。

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

它们在走廊的尽头;按照他们古老的习俗,退休后他们喝茶,谈情说爱。

Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.

对现代读者来说,任何基于古代文本的东西都很难理解。

When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.

当你知道真相是谎言时,愤怒随之而来。