His curious fancy is more active than his desire. Or, you might say, his desire to know is more active than his desire to love.

他好奇的本质比欲望更强烈，或许你们会说，他求知的欲望比爱的欲望强烈。

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The flashing of these subliminal words, a fancy term meaning below the level of consciousness, you don't know you're seeing them has dramatic effects on how you answer those questions.

这些阈下词语的闪现，“阈下“是指低于意识水平，“subliminal“，meaning，–,也就是说你并没有察觉到，自己在看这些词语,阈下词汇的闪现对你如何回答那些问题,产生了显著的影响。

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