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狭窄
Narrow
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
艺术是如此博大,人类的智慧是如此狭隘。
Your views are as narrow as your tie.
你的观点和你的领带一样狭隘。
We have a very narrow view of what is going on.
我们对正在发生的事情的看法很狭隘。
Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.
虚假信息在非常狭窄的背景下是最有效的。
Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.
独立并不意味着沙文主义和狭隘的民族主义。
A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
窄颈能防止瓶子一饮而尽。
One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
只有一门科学适合一位天才;艺术是如此博大,人类的智慧是如此狭隘。
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
中年是你宽阔的心胸和细腰开始发生变化的时候。
When I face a left-handed lineup, it narrows down what I have to accomplish in that game. It simplifies my game plan.
当我面对一个左撇子阵容,它缩小了我必须完成的比赛。它简化了我的游戏计划。
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
动物所处的时代比人类聪明;但是他们的智慧局限于一些细节,而且局限在一个非常狭窄的范围内。
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
烈士们白白牺牲了自己。或者更确切地说,不是徒劳无功;因为他们使自私的人更自私,使懒惰的人更懒惰,使狭窄的人更狭窄。
Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
最后,和演员们的约会,对我来说就像晚上逛街聊天一样。过了一会儿我就厌倦了。所以我越出名,我的选择就越窄。
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The problem with people who are afraid of imagination, of fantasy, is that their world becomes so narrow that I don't see how they can imagine beyond what their senses can verify. We know from science that there are entire worlds that our senses can't verify.
那些害怕想象和幻想的人的问题是,他们的世界变得如此狭小,以至于我看不出他们的想象力如何超越他们的感官所能证实的。我们从科学上知道,我们的感官无法验证整个世界。