The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent.

  • -- Edward Dahlberg 爱德华·达尔伯格

机器对美德、怜悯和爱情产生了有害的影响,习惯于机器的年轻人会产生惰性和恐惧,他们几乎无能为力。

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The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do?

主要的原因是一种有害的谎言,传播反对她的存在,即她是劣等的性质。差在什么?在同样有利的条件下,男人做过那个女人不能做的事吗?

My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.

我父亲曾经说过,‘你必须成为机器的一部分,才能打败机器。’这句话有一定的道理。但说实话,即使我在机器里,你还是能看到我。我有点突出。

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

我把诗意的效果定义为,文本在不被完全消耗的情况下,继续产生不同的阅读效果的能力。

We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

我们现在是这个巨大机器的一部分,每一秒钟我们都必须拿出一个设备,贡献我们的想法和意见。

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

据说吃太多生菜会使人“昏昏欲睡”。