But the question is how are those of us of this generation, living that ethic out in the early 21st century?

但问题是,我们这代人如何，将在21世纪初的生活中体现这一道德？

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Now the word "first" begins to take on a much bigger range of significances than we might at first think.

现在看来，“初/先“一词,比我们起先所想的有更加重大的意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Crito is named for a friend and disciple of Socrates who at the outset of the dialogue is sitting as a watchful guardian over his mentor.

克里托篇》的命名源自,苏格拉底的一名朋友及信徒,在对话之初,就诚心守护着他的这位良师益友。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

You can think of it as this reaction to the problem of lateness that accounts for one of the invocation's most distinctive features, and that's the repetition of the word "first."

你们可以把弥尔顿在这首诗中对“晚“的回应,当做这首诗最明显的特征之一，这表现在他反复使用“初/先“一词上“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We can also see in this phrase "in the Beginning" - we can see it applying to the end of the preceding clause, "That Shepherd who first taught the chosen Seed / in the Beginning."

太初“一词“,还修饰了后面跟着的从句，“那个牧羊人，最初向您的选民宣讲“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You actually have the word "first" appearing six times in the first thirty-three lines of Paradise Lost.

初/先“一词在《失乐园》的,头33行中就出现了6次。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Milton is alerting us to the significance of the word "first" in the very first line, in this wonderful act of violating the laws of iambic pentameter.

弥尔顿在第一句就促使我们注意到“,“初/先“一词的重要性,不惜违背了抑扬格五音步诗的格律。

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