By the end of his life, though, Milton would in effect try to rewrite everything.

但到米尔顿生命的最后，他其实是想重写一切的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And in so far as it is possible for me, to try to preempt what that impact or effect might be in the sense of trying to figure out whether or not it will have an impact on you and what it might be.

只要有可能，我就会通过自己对诗歌的感受,来试图推断这首诗,是否会对读者产生冲击，会产生怎样的冲击。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Where a historian might simply record events that is such a simple thing to do, but let's go with that for a moment) a historian might simply record events, however selectively or partially, ; might try to indicate cause and effect where possible; but a historiosophy is a more conscious philosophy of history.

历史学家好像仅仅记录事件，就好像,这是一件极简单的事，但我们要继续研究一下）,历史学家可能仅仅记录事件但是有选择的，部分的，可能试图在某些地方表明因果关系;,但是历史哲学家对历史中体现的哲学更明了。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选