Her aim is to get along in a world that is dominated by shifting forces that can be registered and reacted to by poetry, but not explained.

她的目的是通过诗歌所能记录，达到却不能解释的,变幻莫测的力量,来和被统治的世界相处。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Her goal was so simple, get on the train.

她的目的很简单，乘上地铁。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

So we'll talk a bit more about this idea of functions today, but, get int, again, can think of it as a black box, whose purpose in life is to prompt the human for input and pester the human if he or she doesn't actually give it int, but then once it has that, has entered it from the user, it's quote unquote, returns it to you.

所以我们进今天将多讨论点这个函数的概念，但是，GetInt，我们可以把它当做一个黑盒子，它的唯一目的是提示人们来输入,并且如果他或她没有,给它int数，则会纠缠用户，但是一旦它得到了，用户输入的int数，对输入进行引用，返回给你。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选