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Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.
普及教育不仅是道义上的必要,而且是经济上的必要,为使更多的国家自给自足和自力更生铺平道路。
We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.
我们不需要成为制鞋工人来知道我们的鞋子是否合脚,同样,我们也不需要成为专业人士来获得普遍感兴趣的知识。
Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.
艺术和诗歌作家们曾多次尝试用抽象的方式来定义美,用最普遍的术语来表达美,为美寻找一些普遍的公式。
We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism: the urge in us all to help others who are in danger.
我们所有人都可以做得更好,唤起人们所说的人类利他主义的普遍原则:我们所有人都有帮助处于危险中的其他人的冲动。
My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.
我的建议是,根据你的经历或生活,写一些最私人、最具体的东西。你的声音将会出现,因为它的特殊性,它将是普遍的。
'Need You Now' is a universal subject matter. It's something that not just country fans, not just pop fans - everybody's been there. And the production was a little left of center.
“现在就需要你”是一个普遍的主题。不仅仅是乡村乐迷,不仅仅是流行乐迷——每个人都去过那里。生产有点偏左。
Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world.
原罪是对不可否认的事实的唯一理性的解决办法,这一不可否认的事实是,人类在各个时代、各个阶层和世界各地都存在着深刻、普遍和早期表现出来的罪恶。
It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest.
因此,社会的性质似乎决定了另一个更高的分支,它的优越性来自于它是对普遍利益感兴趣的自然保护者。
It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which set in motion the orbiting of the electrons about the nucleus and the slower, more majestic orbit of the galaxies about one another to the very edge of space.
在我看来,考虑到这一点,一定存在某种普遍的计划,使围绕原子核的电子轨道运动起来,也使围绕彼此的星系运行得更慢、更宏伟,直到空间的边缘。
For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity.
因为人文主义也呼唤人的为人。它寻求把人类本性的普遍品质从血、土和阶级的狭隘限制中解放出来,并创造一种共同的语言和文化,在这种语言和文化中,人们可以实现他们共同的人性。
I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.
我讨厌人们不认识女人的工作是普遍的,或有任何进口世界,而不是男性的工作,通常会被视为更普遍——男人的写自己的经验往往是放在一个更广泛的上下文。
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When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.
当我写作的时候,我从来没有真正思考过主题或普遍性。
Obligations may be universal or particular.
义务可以是普遍的,也可以是特殊的。
Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal.
假设每个人都生活在同一时间,他们会说什么?他们会发现,串豆子是很普遍的。
If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.
如果理性是一种普遍的能力,那么普通头脑的决定就是对真理最接近的判断标准。
Freedom is a universal value.
自由是一种普世价值。
Communication is the universal solvent.
沟通是万能的溶剂。