It's a gene that's on the plasmid, and this particular gene confers a specific biological property to cells that have the plasmid and can use it properly.

它是质粒自带的基因,如果细胞能够获得这种质粒,并正确的利用它的话,这段基因就能赋予该细胞某种生物学特性

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

You have something which suddenly appears amid other things: something which is latent in those things, although they don't in themselves have it until you confer it on them, namely that which confers meaning--language.

这些东西突然于其它东西之间出现：,这些潜在于其它东西之中，虽然若你不给它一个意思的话，它们不会有意思，也就是说，给予事物意义的就是语言。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

He has heard justice praised his whole life from parents and from poets and from other authorities, but for the most part, he has only heard justice praised again for the benefits justice confers both in this life and the next.

他一辈子都在听正义的教训,从他的父母、诗人,或其它权威口中，他听到的大部份，都只是正义得到礼赞,因为赋予的好处,无论是今生或来世。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选