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理论
Theory
Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.
每一种理论都是一种自我实现的预言，它将经验排列到它所提供的框架中。
I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.
我是个喜欢玩游戏和理论的人。我喜欢猜谜，所以剖析莎士比亚的散文很有趣。
If the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake.
如果这个理论被证明是正确的，那将是非常厚和美味的锦上添花。
It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.
一个公正的理论总是要经过实验才能得到证实，这在哲学中是一个公认的真理。
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
每一个伟大的击球手都是基于这样一个理论:投手对他的恐惧要多于他对投手的恐惧。
In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.
在这色彩的运动中，我找到了本质，它不是从一个系统或一个先验的理论中产生的。
There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.
有一种理论认为，你应该改编烂书，因为它们总是能拍出更成功的电影。
By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop.
天性使然，我一直在前进。我的理论是，做鲨鱼。你必须继续前进。你不能停止。
Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
道德是这样一种理论:人类的每一种行为都必须是对的或错的，而且99%的行为都是错的。
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
我有一个理论，我真的相信它。我认为你最大的缺点可以变成你最大的优点。
Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.
华尔街的一种理论正在削弱新闻业，这种理论认为，利润可以通过最小化产品实现最大化。
A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.
一个统一的理论将把我们带到一个巨大的宇宙的门口，我们最终可以精确地探索这个宇宙。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong.
这确实是一个很好的理论。我认为它唯一的缺陷可能是所有哲学理论所共有的。这是错误的。
I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
我想制造噪音，而不是学习理论。
Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.
贝克说，他不相信有一种理论，认为你是一艘敞开的船，会有一首歌穿过你。在某种程度上我同意他的看法。
A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.
我的一个朋友有一个关于天线宝宝的伟大理论，那就是它让我们准备好不动脑筋。让我们为生活在地下世界做好准备。这就是为什么风景如此平坦的原因。
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
这个理论似乎是说，只要一个人失败了，他就是上帝的孩子之一，但是一旦他成功了，他就被魔鬼接管了。
The "trickle-down" theory: The principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.
“涓滴效应”理论:穷人必须靠富人扔在餐桌上的残羹剩饭维生，而富人吃得越多，穷人就能吃得越多。