It's a disillusioned and self-consciously ironic promise of salvation, of wholeness.

这是一种幻想破灭的，不自然的，讽刺的,拯救和完整的希望。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The ironic fact is, because the New Testament is considered more important by people, there are a whole lot more people who take my New Testament classes than go over to the Classics Department and take a course in Plato.

讽刺的是，由于人们认为新约更重要，所以在我新约课堂上的人,远远多于,在古典学系选修柏拉图的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So, what you might say is a Socratic citizen to do, he will either be accused of being ironic and not be believed or he will simply be disbelieved if he attempts to defend himself on rational or philosophical grounds.

你可能会说，一位苏格拉底时代公民被指控的原因,可能是嘲讽和不被相信,或根本就不被信任,如果他试图,从理性或达观的立场来捍卫自己。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选