A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
必要
Imperative
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
每个人都有自己的命运:唯一的命令就是追随它,接受它,不管它把他带到哪里。
The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative.
律法是一种比命令和服从之间的关系更为具体和广泛的关系的一个方面,而命令和服从之间的关系是命令式的特征。
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。
I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.
我认为,我们应该把应对气候变化重新定位为增长的当务之急,而不仅仅是一种环保或履行环境承诺的方式。
I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.
我有时总有这样一种想法:既然知道我所知道的,也看到了我所看到的,那么尽我的力量去揭露这个可怕的机构的危险和罪恶,是我义不容承的责任。
If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
如果那些致力于探索的人失败了,他们将被原谅。当他们迷路时,他们会找到另一条路。人文主义的道德使命是单独的努力,无论成功与否,只要努力是光荣的,失败是难忘的。
It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.
有时,我们似乎很难相信,在过去的某个时期,情感已成为习惯,这种习惯不仅包含着行为的原始规定性,而且还包含着生活的原始形而上学。