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定义
Definition
If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
如果你在字典里查新闻的定义，它不是你在电视上看到的。
My definition of cursing is probably different from what other people's definitions are.
我对诅咒的定义可能与别人的不同。
My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
我对壁球的定义是比赛和生存，我从来没有输过一场比赛。
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.
现代战争方法的定义是承认个人生命的丧失。
In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.
在动物界，规则是吃或被吃;在人类王国中，定义或被定义。
Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you.
死亡就像一支已经飞走的箭，你的生命只会持续到它到达你的身边。
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman.
议长先生，我今天站起来支持一男一女婚姻的定义。
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
对我来说，这似乎就是“小说”的定义:一个尚未找到简洁方式的故事。
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
根据定义，续集不可能是原创的。所以你要算出第一次是怎么做的。
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
在人类本性的一般过程中，对一个人的生存的权力等于对他的意志的权力。
Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.
进化就是进化。上层阶级总是在消亡;这是他们最迷人的地方之一。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.
定义一个事物就是用定义来代替事物本身。
There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?'
自恋有一个定义，当父母自恋时，孩子看到的不是母亲脸上的表情和母亲的喜悦，而是自恋父母的孩子觉得，‘我能做些什么让她好起来，让她开心?’
I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.
我对新闻有一个自由的定义，因为我认为新闻可以刺激人们。对于新闻是什么和不是什么，我不是很伪善。
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
人们受恐惧的影响比受尊敬的影响更大。
What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.
什么是成功?这是一个玩具气球，孩子们拿着别针。