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发明
Invention
Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
人类的生存，从亚当和夏娃到农业的发明，一定是不稳定的，因为他不能保证他的粮食供应。
I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.
我确实有过这样的时刻，但我没有对抗性。有时候你在球场上，你会发现自己很有对抗性。这完全是一个发现。
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
文学是我向同胞们举起镜子的召唤，这对我来说很自然;在开放的发明领域，我并不是没有希望给他们带来快乐。
The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.
一个人学习如何利用自然的力量为自己的目的，通过完善科学和机器的发明和改进，他会生产更多。
Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.
市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明，我不会低估它的价值，但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。
[Language is] really a pretty amazing invention if you think about it. Here I have a very complicated, messy, confused idea in my head. I'm sitting here making grunting sounds and hopefully constructing a similar messy, confused idea in your head that bears some analogy to it.
如果你仔细想想，语言确实是一项非常了不起的发明。我脑子里有一个非常复杂，混乱，混乱的想法。我坐在这里发出咕哝的声音，希望在你的脑海中构建一个类似的混乱的，混乱的想法，与之类似。
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Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother.
现代发明已经淘汰了纺车，同样的进步规律使今天的女人与她的祖母截然不同。
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.
人是充满希望和创造的动物，这两者都掩盖了事情是无法改变的这一观点。
Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
我们的创造能力已经超过了我们明智地使用我们发明的产品的能力。
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.
一项发明必须在它完成的世界里有意义，而不是在它开始的世界里。