...层面的碰撞必须引起重视:燕卜荪在西南联大工作时撰写了不少论文,后来收集在《复杂词的结构》(The Structure of Complex Words)一书中。该书与《含混的七种类型》一样,是对诗歌语义复杂性的研究。
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第一,很多人倾向于使用一种比较难的水平来书写,用大词和复杂的结构,惟恐读信的人会觉得他水平不高。
First, many people are inclined to write at too difficult a level, using big words and complicated structures for fear that others say they lack intelligence and literary talent.
“机械”与“生命”这两个词的含义在不断延展,直到某一天,所有结构复杂的东西都被看作是机器,而所有能够自维持的机器都被看作是有生命的。
The meanings of "mechanical" and "life" are both stretching until all complicated things can be perceived as machines, and all self-sustaining machines can be perceived as alive.
上世纪80年代的对应词是垃极债券与LBOs(杠杆收购)最近这次的则是债务抵押债券(CDOs),利率贷款(Option ARMS)结构型债券,以及与复杂与令人费解的金融相对应的虚拟词典。
In the 1980s they were junk bonds and LBOs. The most recent bubble offered CDOs, Option ARMS, Structured Notes and a virtual lexicon of complex and convoluted financing.
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