That's the crucial thing: if they're not willing, the use of the sign doesn't work, which confirms the idea that nothing can be changed simply by individual agency in and of itself.

这很关键：,如果他们自己不愿意使用，符号就没有意义，这也就应证了我们的观点,没有人能单独改变一个群体符号的使用方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So, hunger sets in and it becomes extremely sad and tragic, and attempts to break out simply don't work; but, it had its light moments, and I can never resist those.

饥饿来临,一切都变得如此悲惨,而尝试逃跑只是徒劳,但这其中也有些趣事发生,我对这些逸事总是没抵抗力

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

I'm simply saying swap X with Y, but this 2 won't work, because where are X and Y defined?

我只简单地说交换X和Y，但是这两行不起作用，因为X和Y是在哪里定义的呢？

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The work is not, in a sense, written simply as a sort of timeless philosophical treatise, but as a dramatic dialogue with a setting, a cast of characters and a firm location in time and place.

但本书的著作目的，不仅是,永恒的的哲学论述，更是戏剧性的对话，内含场景，人物,及一个确切时间与位置。

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