He offers reassurance that some of man's odder impulses, from high-stakes gambling to bungee-jumping or wearing stiletto heels, are rooted in evolutionary necessity.
他再三保证,一些人的奇怪冲动,从豪赌到蹦极跳或是穿细高跟鞋,都植根于进化的必要性之中。
We derive incredible joy from knowing odd friends, the odder the better.
我们因结识不同寻常的朋友而获得非同一般的快乐,朋友们越独特越好。
Then I discovered something even odder: many who have a great deal of wealth don't live in posh neighborhoods.
接下来我又发现更奇怪的现象:许多真正富有的人并不住在这些豪宅里。
Some people get odder as they grow older.
有些人越老越古怪。
His broad judgments tend to be odder still.
他的概括性评价还要稀奇古怪些。
Then, we discovered something even odder: Many people who have a great deal of wealth do not even live in up-scale neighbourhoods.
随后,我们又发现了更奇怪的事∶许多富豪并不住在高级住宅区里。
One eof the odder coincidences of physical geography is the fact that there are two double islands, roughly the same size, positioned at each other's antipodes, or farthest-distant point.
自然地理上较为奇特的巧合之一是地球上有两组大小约略相同、位置相对或者说相距最为遥远的双岛。
One eof the odder coincidences of physical geography is the fact that there are two double islands, roughly the same size, positioned at each other's antipodes, or farthest-distant point.
自然地理上较为奇特的巧合之一是地球上有两组大小约略相同、位置相对或者说相距最为遥远的双岛。
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