It's not just a question, as obviously Foucault and Barthes are always suggesting, of deferring to authority as though the authority were the police with a baton in its hand, right?

这不仅仅是一个，如福柯和巴特经常暗示的一样明显的，尊崇作者权威就好像这种权威,是一个手握警棍的警官的问题，对吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

He stuttered and fluttered his hands and said, "Ah, ah, you must listen to, hear." We listened all ears, but he forgot what he wanted to say. "Really, listen. Ahem. Look.

两只手交握着说：,“嗯--嗯--你们一定要听我说“,我们听着，可是他忘了他想说什么“真的听我说--嗯，你瞧。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Peter the Great was a huge sort of power-forward-sized guy at a time when people were very small.

在那个民众极端渺小的时代,彼得大帝却手握重权

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Look out!" Some ten paces away Lolita through a glass at a telephone booth, membranous god still with us, cupping the tube confidentially, hunched over it, slit her eyes at me, turned away with her treasure, hurriedly hang up and walked out with a flourish.

注意！“十步开外洛丽塔透过电话间的玻璃正用手,握着话筒，万分信赖的说着什么，她的目光扫到我，拿着她的宝贝转过身去，急忙挂上，一个戏剧性的夸张动作，走了出来。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选