For me the absolutely shocking fact of this simile ] is that its primary purpose is merely to describe the number of angels who are prostrate on the burning lake of hell.

为了他们悲惨的境遇黯然神伤,对我来说，这个比喻令人震惊的事实,是它最初的目的只不过,是为了描述葬身于地狱火海的天使的数量之多。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Okay. So let me describe to you this phenomenon.

我现在给大家描述一下这个现象。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So, we just talked about the force law to describe the interaction between a proton and an electron. You told me that when the distance went to infinity, the force went to zero. What happens instead when the distance goes to zero? What happens to the force?

我们刚刚讨论了描述质子,和电子之间相互作用力的定律,当距离变为无穷时,力变为零，那当距离变为,零时会发生什么？,这时候力是多少？

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

So, if you imagine this is growing up as the polis comes into being, let me describe what a hoplite was like and then try to describe what the phalanx was like and how they operated and what are some of the consequences of their coming into being.

假设该战术是随城邦的形成而发展起来的,那就让我来描述一下,重装步兵的组成,方阵的组成及其运作方式,包括该战术发展起来之后所产生的影响

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