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We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

我们的所见所闻和其他方面的经历很大程度上和我们一样，因为我们社区的语言习惯倾向于做出某些解释的选择。

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It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.

值得注意的是，每一件避免战争的案例通常都是一种收益，因为它有助于形成一种和平的习惯，而长期持续的社区习惯成为行为的标准。

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One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

一个人可能击中目标，另一个人可能失策;但不要注意这些区别。只有从一个联盟，通过与另一个的合作，伟大的事情才会诞生。

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Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.

由于我的语言和大多数欧洲人讲话时伴随的哑剧，我被归类为一个沉重的人。

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Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

几乎从定义上说，诗歌要求人们注意它的语言和形式。

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