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It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
它不仅要调查当时的一般情况，而且要特别调查作家在这些事情上的立场，他的兴趣和动机，他的文学活动的主导思想。
It would appear that the number of nonsense triplets is rather low, since we only occasionally come across them. However this conclusion is less secure than our other deductions about the general nature of the genetic code.
似乎无意义的三胞胎的数量是相当低的，因为我们只是偶尔遇到他们。然而，这一结论并不像我们对遗传密码的一般性质的其他推论那么可靠。
Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.
一切都必须在历史的大框架内重新获得和重新定位，这样，尽管困难重重，存在着根本的矛盾和矛盾，我们仍然可以尊重历史的统一性，也就是生命的统一性。
The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular.
但是，恢复秩序作为一项普遍原则，同时也表明，秩序本身并不足以说明一般有组织的系统的性质，或特别是人类创造的系统的性质。
If our most highly qualified General Staff officers had been told to work out the most nonsensical high level organization for war which they could think of, they could not have produced anything more stupid that that which we have at present.
如果我们最称职的总参谋部官员被告知要制定出他们所能想到的最荒谬的战争高级组织，他们就不会做出比我们目前所拥有的更愚蠢的东西了。
I think with motherhood and child-rearing in general, everyone's going to tell you how to do it and why. I've always said to other mothers and women when they've asked me, that you have to find your own way and find out what works for your family, at all costs.
我想，一般来说，在做母亲和抚养孩子的过程中，每个人都会告诉你怎么做，为什么要这么做。我总是对其他母亲和妇女说，当她们问我，你必须找到你自己的方式，并找出什么适合你的家庭，不惜一切代价。
We know, in other words, the general conditions in which what we call, somewhat misleadingly, an equilibrium will establish itself: but we never know what the particular prices or wages are which would exist if the market were to bring about such an equilibrium.
换句话说，我们知道一般的情况，在这种情况下，我们所谓的均衡会建立起来，这多少有点误导人，但我们永远不知道，如果市场带来这样一种均衡，会存在什么样的特定价格或工资。
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.
有些人有一种快乐的性情，一种强烈的荣誉感和自尊感，他们对正义和美德的热爱与一般人对财富和荣誉的热爱是一样的……但这些人的数目是如此之少，我提到他们只是为了向人类表示敬意。
It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.
人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一，但只要分数权重是一般的，就没有必要特别解释这个事实，也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.
总的来说，语言学运动开辟了无数与语言问题有关的资料来源，以与传统语法截然不同的精神对待这些资料;例如，对碑文及其语言的研究。但还不符合语言学的精神。
I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation.
事实上，我认为它是数学技术的一大优势，它允许我们用代数方程来描述一个图案的一般特征，即使我们不知道决定其具体表现形式的数值。
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Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.
自由的每一次普遍增长都伴随着某种退化，其原因与自由相同。
It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something.
一般来说，工作需要很多精力，尤其是当你是某件事的领导者时。
A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.
一个好的一般规则是说，香味比味道好，反之亦然。
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
没有哪条规则如此普遍，也不允许有例外。
I don't like to go out in general.
我一般不喜欢出去。
In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.
在回答时，我只能辩解说，对一项似乎与以往调查的总基调相矛盾的发现，人们自然会很犹豫地接受。