莱斯特大学的旧图书馆建于上世纪70年代，黑色的玻璃和棕色的书架，相当得冷酷可怕。
The former library was a rather grim place, built in the 1970s with black glass and brown shelving.
但是这种冷酷，可怕的公式方法评估两个人的“兼容性”，却无法获得牵动浪漫情缘不可名状的火花。
But this cold, drearily functional approach to assessing compatibility fails to capture the indefinable spark that triggers romance.
平克教授在此处引用了足够的关于战争邪恶和残忍的证据，以此来告诉读者，我们天性中最坏的一面其实是冷酷可怕的制造者。
Here Professor Pinker includes enough evidence of wickedness and brutality to remind readers that the worst angels of our nature are grimly inventive creatures indeed.
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