Beyond Good and Evil — Page 2

English → Chinese Preface Level 9/10

Is there not ground for suspecting that all philosophers, in so far as they have been dogmatists, have failed to understand women--that the terrible seriousness and clumsy importunity with which they have usually paid their addresses to Truth, have been unskilled and unseemly methods for winning a woman?

难道没有理由怀疑，所有哲学家，就其作为独断论者而言，都未能理解女人——他们向真理求爱时所惯常表现出的那种可怕的严肃与笨拙的纠缠，不过是赢得一个女人的拙劣而不雅的方式？

Certainly she has never allowed herself to be won; and at present every kind of dogma stands with sad and discouraged mien--IF, indeed, it stands at all!

她当然从未让自己被征服；而如今每一种独断论都以悲哀沮丧的面容伫立——如果它还伫立着的话！

For there are scoffers who maintain that it has fallen, that all dogma lies on the ground--nay more, that it is at its last gasp.

因为有些嘲讽者声称它已经倒塌，所有独断论都已匍匐于地——甚至更有甚者，说它已奄奄一息。

But to speak seriously, there are good grounds for hoping that all dogmatizing in philosophy, whatever solemn, whatever conclusive and decided airs it has assumed, may have been only a noble puerilism and tyronism;

但说正经的，我们有充分的理由期望，哲学中一切独断化的做法，无论它摆出怎样庄严、怎样确定决断的姿态，或许都不过是一种高贵的幼稚与初学者的生涩；

and probably the time is at hand when it will be once and again understood WHAT has actually sufficed for the basis of such imposing and absolute philosophical edifices as the dogmatists have hitherto reared:

而且或许时机将至，人们将再度明白，迄今独断论者所构筑的那些宏伟而绝对的哲学大厦，其根基究竟实际上依凭的是什么：

perhaps some popular superstition of immemorial time (such as the soul-superstition, which, in the form of subject- and ego-superstition, has not yet ceased doing mischief):

也许是某种久远年代的民间迷信（例如灵魂迷信，它以主体迷信与自我迷信的形式，至今仍未停止为害）：

perhaps some play upon words, a deception on the part of grammar, or an audacious generalization of very restricted, very personal, very human--all-too-human facts.

也许是某种文字游戏、语法上的欺骗，或是对极为局限、极为个人、极为人性——过于人性之事实的大胆概括。

Vocabulary

难道: nándào — Rhetorical particle expressing disbelief or challenge.
没有: méiyǒu — To not have; there is no; without.
理由: lǐyóu — Reason, grounds, justification for something.
怀疑: huáiyí — To doubt, suspect, or be skeptical about something.
所有: suǒyǒu — All, every, entire; to possess everything.
哲学家: zhéxuéjiā — Philosopher; one who studies or practices philosophy.
就: jiù — Then, precisely, exactly; indicating emphasis or immediacy.
其: qí — His, her, its, their; a classical third-person pronoun.
作为: zuòwéi — As, in the capacity of; to act as something.
而言: éryán — As far as … is concerned; speaking from a perspective.
都: dōu — All, both, every; indicating totality or universality.
未能: wèinéng — Failed to; was unable to accomplish something.
理解: lǐjiě — To understand, comprehend, or grasp a concept.
女人: nǚrén — Woman, female adult person.
他们: tāmen — They, them; third-person plural pronoun.
向: xiàng — Toward, facing; in the direction of someone or something.
真理: zhēnlǐ — Truth, ultimate truth, philosophical verity.
求爱: qiú'ài — To court, woo, seek someone's romantic affection.
时: shí — When, at the time of; a classical time marker.
所: suǒ — Structural particle forming noun phrases with verbs.
惯常: guàncháng — Habitual, customary, usual manner of behaving.
表现出: biǎoxiànchū — To display, manifest, or show a quality outwardly.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
那种: nà zhǒng — That kind of, that type of particular thing.
可怕: kěpà — Terrible, frightening, dreadful, horrifying.
严肃: yánsù — Serious, solemn, grave in manner or attitude.
与: yǔ — And, with; connecting two nouns or concepts.
笨拙: bènzhuō — Clumsy, awkward, lacking grace or skill.
纠缠: jiūchán — To entangle, pester, harass; get caught up in.
不过: búguò — However, merely, only; a concessive or limiting connector.
是: shì — To be; affirmative copula linking subject and predicate.
赢得: yíngdé — To win, earn, or gain something through effort.
一个: yī gè — One, a single; general measure word for objects.
拙劣: zhuōliè — Poor, inferior, clumsy in quality or execution.
而: ér — And, yet, but; classical connective or adversative particle.
不雅: bùyǎ — Unrefined, indecent, lacking elegance or propriety.
方式: fāngshì — Method, way, manner of doing something.
她: tā — She, her; third-person singular feminine pronoun.
当然: dāngrán — Of course, naturally, certainly without doubt.
从未: cóngwèi — Never, at no time ever in the past.
让: ràng — To let, allow, cause someone to do something.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject.
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives an action.
征服: zhēngfú — To conquer, overcome, subjugate by force or persuasion.
如今: rújīn — Nowadays, at present, in today's times.
每一种: měi yī zhǒng — Every kind, each type of something.
以: yǐ — With, by means of; classical instrumental preposition.
悲哀: bēi'āi — Sorrowful, grief-stricken, deeply sad and mournful.
沮丧: jǔsàng — Dejected, discouraged, dispirited, feeling low morale.
面容: miànróng — Facial expression, countenance, appearance of one's face.
如果: rúguǒ — If, supposing that; conditional conjunction.
它: tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for non-human things.
还: hái — Still, yet, also; indicating continuation of a state.
着: zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing state or action.
话: huà — Words, speech; here used in conditional 'if … then'.
因为: yīnwèi — Because, since; causal conjunction explaining a reason.
有些: yǒuxiē — Some, certain, a few of something or someone.
声称: shēngchēng — To claim, assert, declare something to be true.
已经: yǐjīng — Already; indicates an action has been completed.
倒塌: dǎotā — To collapse, fall down, crumble structurally.
已: yǐ — Already; classical particle indicating completed action.
甚至: shènzhì — Even, going so far as, to the extent that.
更: gèng — Even more, further, to a greater degree.
说: shuō — To say, speak, talk, express verbally.
奄奄一息: yǎnyǎn yī xī — On the verge of death; barely breathing last breath.
但: dàn — But, however; adversative conjunction introducing contrast.
正经: zhèngjing — Serious, proper, decent; speaking in earnest sincerity.
我们: wǒmen — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.
有: yǒu — To have, there is/are; indicating existence or possession.
充分: chōngfèn — Sufficient, ample, full; thoroughly adequate in degree.
期望: qīwàng — To hope, expect, anticipate a desired outcome.
哲学: zhéxué — Philosophy; the study of fundamental questions about existence.
中: zhōng — In, within, among; indicating location inside something.
一切: yīqiè — Everything, all things, every single thing.
做法: zuòfǎ — Method, approach, way of doing something practically.
无论: wúlùn — No matter, regardless of what conditions apply.
摆出: bǎichū — To assume, adopt, put on a certain posture or manner.
怎样: zěnyàng — However, what kind of; asking about manner or quality.
庄严: zhuāngyán — Solemn, majestic, dignified in appearance or manner.
确定: quèdìng — Certain, definite, sure; to confirm or determine something.
决断: juéduàn — Decisive, resolute; the ability to make firm decisions.
姿态: zītài — Posture, stance, attitude; manner in which one presents oneself.
或许: huòxǔ — Perhaps, maybe, possibly; expressing uncertainty or speculation.
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of, a type of something.
高贵: gāoguì — Noble, distinguished, refined in character or status.
幼稚: yòuzhì — Naive, childish, immature in thinking or behavior.
初学者: chūxuézhě — Beginner, novice; someone just starting to learn.
生涩: shēngsè — Raw, unpolished, awkward due to inexperience.
而且: érqiě — Moreover, furthermore, and also; adding additional information.
时机: shíjī — Opportunity, opportune moment, right timing for action.
人们: rénmen — People, folks; referring to people in general.
将: jiāng — Will, shall; future tense marker in formal Chinese.
再度: zàidù — Once again, anew, a second time.
明白: míngbai — To understand, realize, be clear about something.
迄今: qìjīn — Up to now, until the present time, hitherto.
构筑: gòuzhù — To construct, build, erect a structure or system.
那些: nàxiē — Those, referring to plural things previously mentioned.
宏伟: hóngwěi — Grand, magnificent, imposing in scale or ambition.
绝对: juéduì — Absolute, unconditional, completely without exception.
大厦: dàshà — Grand building, edifice; metaphorically a great system.
根基: gēnjī — Foundation, base, root; the underlying support of something.
究竟: jiūjìng — After all, exactly, in the end; seeking the truth.
实际上: shíjìshàng — Actually, in reality, in practice, as a matter of fact.
什么: shénme — What; interrogative pronoun asking about something.
也许: yěxǔ — Maybe, perhaps; expressing possibility or uncertainty.
某种: mǒu zhǒng — Some kind of, a certain type of something unspecified.
久远: jiǔyuǎn — Long ago, ancient, far back in time.
年代: niándài — Era, age, decade; a period of historical time.
民间: mínjiān — Folk, popular, among the common people; non-official.
迷信: míxìn — Superstition; blind belief without rational foundation.
例如: lìrú — For example, for instance; introducing an illustration.
灵魂: línghún — Soul, spirit; the immaterial essence of a person.
主体: zhǔtǐ — Subject, main body; the self as philosophical agent.
自我: zìwǒ — Self, ego; one's own identity or consciousness.
形式: xíngshì — Form, shape, format; outward structure of something.
至今: zhìjīn — Until now, to this day, still at present.
仍未: réng wèi — Still has not, yet to; continuing failure to do something.
停止: tíngzhǐ — To stop, cease, halt an action or process.
文字游戏: wénzì yóuxì — Wordplay, word games; clever or deceptive use of language.
语法: yǔfǎ — Grammar; rules governing the structure of language.
上: shàng — On, above, in terms of; spatial or topical particle.
欺骗: qīpiàn — To deceive, cheat, mislead someone dishonestly.
或是: huòshì — Or, alternatively; presenting another option or possibility.
对: duì — Toward, regarding, correct; preposition or affirmation.
极为: jíwéi — Extremely, exceedingly; to the greatest degree.
局限: júxiàn — Limited, restricted, confined within narrow boundaries.
个人: gèrén — Individual, personal; relating to a single person.
人性: rénxìng — Human nature; the inherent characteristics of humanity.
过于: guòyú — Excessively, overly, too much of a certain quality.
之: zhī — Classical possessive or structural particle equivalent to 的.
事实: shìshí — Fact, reality, actual truth of a matter.
大胆: dàdǎn — Bold, daring, audacious; showing great courage or nerve.
概括: gàikuò — To generalize, summarize; making broad sweeping conclusions.

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