On Liberty — Page 10
抽象的真理得到了具体的阐释;具体的阐释在一系列抽象的探究中找到了其适当的基础。
The abstract truth gets the concrete illustration; the concrete illustration finds its proper foundation in a series of abstract inquiries.
也许卡莱尔所用的"虹彩般"和"生动"这两个形容词,是在顺带指米尔夫人敏锐的感知力,从而为我们理解夫妻共同工作的相互裨益提供了有益的启示。
Perhaps Carlyle's epithets of "iridescent" and "vivid" refer incidentally to Mrs. Mill's quick perceptiveness, and thus throw a useful light on the mutual advantages of the common work of husband and wife.
但是,哪怕试图揭开这样一个谜团的面纱,也几乎近于冒昧。
But it savours almost of impertinence even to attempt to lift the veil on a mystery like this.
也许只需说这些便已足够:无论我们对米尔在提及其妻时的夸张之词有多少遗憾,我们都承认,不管出于何种原因,这对夫妻过着堪称理想的幸福生活。
It is enough to say, perhaps, that however much we may deplore the exaggeration of Mill's references to his wife, we recognise that, for whatever reason, the pair lived an ideally happy life.
然而,我们仍需评估泰勒夫人在与米尔成婚前后,究竟在多大程度上对他的思想和公共著作作出了实质性的贡献。
It still, however, remains to estimate the extent to which Mrs. Taylor, both before and after her marriage with Mill, made actual contributions to his thoughts and his public work.
在这里,也许可以允许我借用我在此前一部著作中已经写过的内容。
Here I may be perhaps permitted to avail myself of what I have already written in a previous work.
米尔在《自传》中为我们提供了有关此事的大量帮助。
Mill gives us abundant help in this matter in the Autobiography.
当他最初认识她时,他的思想正转向逻辑学这一课题。
When first he knew her, his thoughts were turning to the subject of Logic.
但他告诉我们,他那部已出版的逻辑学著作在理论观点上并未得益于她。
But his published work on the subject owed nothing to her, he tells us, in its doctrines.
米尔的习惯是先将一部书完整地写出,以确立其总体构架,然后再费力地重新改写,以求使措辞和文章结构臻于完善。
It was Mill's custom to write the whole of a book so as to get his general scheme complete, and then laboriously to re-write it in order to perfect the phrases and the composition.
毫无疑问,泰勒夫人作为文体批评者,对他帮助甚大。
Doubtless Mrs. Taylor was of considerable help to him as a critic of style.
Vocabulary
- abstract
- 抽象的,不具体的,理论性的概念
- truth
- 真理,事实,真实情况或陈述
- gets
- 得到,获得,变成某种状态
- concrete
- 具体的,实在的,有形的事物
- illustration
- 例证,说明,用例子解释某事
- finds
- 发现,找到,确定某事为真
- proper
- 恰当的,适合的,正确的或合适的
- foundation
- 基础,根基,基金会组织机构
- series
- 系列,一组相关的事物或事件
- inquiries
- 调查,询问,对某事的研究查证
- Perhaps
- 也许,可能,表示不确定的推测
- epithets
- 修饰词,用来描述人物特点的短语
- iridescent
- 彩虹色的,闪烁变幻色彩的光泽
- vivid
- 生动的,鲜明的,色彩亮丽的描写
- refer
- 提及,指向,涉及某个话题或人物
- incidentally
- 顺便说一下,附带地,作为附加信息
- Mill
- 磨坊,工厂,人名密尔或米尔
- quick
- 快速的,敏捷的,反应迅速的能力
- perceptiveness
- 敏锐,洞察力,能够快速理解事物
- thus
- 因此,所以,这样地表达某个结果
- throw
- 投掷,扔,发出光或影投射
- useful
- 有用的,实用的,能帮助解决问题
- light
- 光,亮度,新的理解或解释视角
- mutual
- 相互的,双向的,彼此共有的关系
- advantages
- 优势,好处,有利的条件或位置
- common
- 共同的,普通的,多人共享的特点
- work
- 工作,劳动,作品或著作创作
- husband
- 丈夫,已婚男性配偶关系
- wife
- 妻子,已婚女性配偶关系
- savours
- 品尝,享受,具有某种特征气息
- almost
- 几乎,差不多,接近某个程度
- impertinence
- 无礼,冒失,不合适或鲁莽的行为
- even
- 甚至,连...都,平坦的或平静的
- attempt
- 尝试,试图,进行某项努力活动
- lift
- 提起,举起,揭示或消除某事
- veil
- 面纱,遮蔽物,掩盖隐藏的事物
- mystery
- 神秘,谜团,无法解释的事情
- like
- 喜欢,类似,像...一样的比较
- enough
- 足够,充分,达到所需的数量
- say
- 说,讲述,陈述或表达某个观点
- however
- 然而,但是,表示转折的连接词
- may
- 可能,也许,获得许可或能力
- deplore
- 遗憾,哀叹,强烈表示不赞成
- exaggeration
- 夸大,言过其实,过度陈述事实
- references
- 参考,提及,推荐信或引用信息
- recognise
- 认可,承认,识别或确认某事物
- whatever
- 无论什么,任何事物,强调不在乎
- reason
- 原因,理由,推理或思考能力
- pair
- 一对,配对,两个相关的人或物
- lived
- 居住,生活,经历或经验过某事
- ideally
- 理想地,按照理想的方式或状态
- happy
- 快乐的,幸福的,心情愉快的状态
- life
- 生活,生命,人生或人类的存在
- still
- 仍然,还是,静止的或平静的
- remains
- 保持,继续,遗体或剩余物质
- estimate
- 估计,评估,大致判断数量或价值
- extent
- 程度,范围,事物的大小或规模
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