这匹马像小猫一样温顺。

The horse is as gentle as a kitten.

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人们期望一匹马能表现得像一辆车那样，却没考虑到它作为一个活的生物的感受。

People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being.

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我们看到的是它是处于平均。有些地方像马，有些地方像驴。

What we see is it's an average. Some parts like a horse; some parts like a donkey.

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I don't think that's quite true, but there's a general feeling that, as Matthew Arnold said, Wordsworth has no style.

虽然我不认为那一定正确，但是普遍认为，就像马修阿诺德说的，华兹华斯没有固定的风格。

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It's possible that in merely reading and in merely amassing more and more knowledge, Milton's doing little more than the unprofitable servant in Matthew 25.

弥尔顿不可能,仅仅读书和积累知识，他所做的就像,马修25中的那个无益的仆人所做的一样。

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And Mars has this sort of human, flabby torso that's not-- it's sympathetic, but it's a different portrayal of war.

马尔斯看起来像一个普通人,略微虚胖,这一点让人同情,但这是对战争的不同描写

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