I think Milton is encouraging us in these similes to question, really to wrestle with, the theological certainties that the rest of the poem labors to establish.

我想弥尔顿是通过这些比喻来激励我们提出疑问，更多的也在和神学上的确定性相互角力,这是剩下的部分着重要表达的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In the case of great philosophers, however, better yet to preserve one's physical presence in order to inspire future generations of thinkers.

但对于伟大的哲学家来说，更好的用处是，保存他的原貌,以激励后世历代的思想者。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

The typical example of dilution is: the board of directors has hired a CEO for the company and they want to motivate the CEO.

摊薄的典型例子是,董事会为公司雇用了一位首席执行官,他们想激励这位首席执行官

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But first of all I wanna welcome you to the Inner Core and I want to say just by introduction how inspiring it has been to work with you over these last years since I've been here. You were part of the group that hired me and I thank you so much for that.

首先，我想欢迎您来到人性讲堂,我想说,仅仅为介绍之便,自从我来到普林斯顿大学以来,近年来跟您的合作是多么的激励人心,当初雇用我的小组里，您正是其中一员，非常感谢您。

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You then go to dinner, you come back and you realize that your roommate has now vested you by five seconds and three hours later you've inched ahead again ; so it's a wonderfully motivational tool; and speaks to just how addictive frankly this stuff was and that too for me.

然后你去吃饭,回来后意识到你的室友已经快你五秒钟,三小时后你再次小幅领先,所以这是一个奇妙的激励工具;,坦率地说这东西多么的诱人,对我来说也不例外。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

I mean, you could say, well that means the options are really working well because it really motivated the managers and they did something and made the company worth more.

我的意思是,你可以说,这是因为股票期权激励机制起作用了,因为它的确激励了经理们,这些经理为之付出努力并使公司市值更高

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

We gave shares to almost all of our employees as part of their compensation and we hoped that would motivate them and make them feel a part of the company but we never paid them a dividend.

我们几乎将所有股票都发给了员工,作为他们的薪酬,希望能这样激励他们,让他们感到,自己是公司的一份子,但是我们从不发放股利

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