Yet, Mr Bellos says, the concept of a word itself is almost impossible to define.
然而巴洛斯先生说,一个词语本身的概念几乎是不可能被定义的。
The word sketchy here is not pejorative because millennia of philosophy of language have shown how hard (or even impossible) it is to come up with a truly rigorous model of natural language.
这里说粗略并非轻视,因为数千年来的语言哲学表明要建立自然语言真正严格意义上的模型是很难的(甚至是不可能的)。
The whole barricade hastened up, then all ranged themselves in a circle at a distance, feeling that it was impossible to utter a word in the presence of the thing which they were about to behold.
整个街垒里的人全跑来了,他们远远地站成一个圈子,心里都感到自己对那即将见到的事无法进一言。
Jonathan Balcombe: Pleasure is a private experience, well nigh impossible to prove, though of course scientists don't like the word "prove."
JonathanBalcom be:愉悦是一种个人的体验,是几乎不可能验证的,尽管科学家们并不喜欢“验证”这个词。
With this in mind, why do most English language cram schools teach English word by word?It is impossible to speak English through the mere learning of words and their definitions.
有鉴于此,为何多数英语补习班仍采用一字一音的教法来教导学生? 若只著重于背诵单字及其定义是不可能让您的英语能力达到流利顺畅的程度。
"Impossible" is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
“不可能”一字只存在于蠢人的字典里。
A word of warning for taking a day trip to the mountain – after 5pm it shall be virtually impossible to find a taxi to return you to the city.
不过需要提醒大家的是, 过了下午5点之后,想在紫金山上找到一辆出租车几乎是不可能的。
A word of warning for taking a day trip to the mountain – after 5pm it shall be virtually impossible to find a taxi to return you to the city.
不过需要提醒大家的是, 过了下午5点之后,想在紫金山上找到一辆出租车几乎是不可能的。
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