There is a vagueness to this language that I think is quite calculated, and it relates, in Haze's case, to his determination to not be converted to evil, but to nothing.

他的语言有种刻意而为的模糊感,对他来说，这与他不向罪恶堕落，宁可选择虚无的决心有关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We have an image here of the reconstituted, repaired body of Orpheus whose gory, severed head had been sent down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore. It's as if Milton can't let go of this most un-Christian attachment to the human body.

想到一个完整的被修复好了的俄耳甫斯的身体,他血淋淋的被割下来的头颅曾,被赫伯鲁河一路冲下去直到莱斯博斯岛，似乎弥尔顿放不开,这对人体的眷恋，而这与基督教教义正相反。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So for an example, he argued that the prison system needs to be reformed because instead of focusing on notions of justice and retribution what we should do is focus instead on questions of reinforcing good behaviors and punishing bad ones.

举个例子，他认为监狱体系需要改革,因为人们不应关注公正与赎罪,而应当去关注对良好行为的强化,以及对不良行为的惩罚。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So, I think that kind of thing. You should read that poem : Student: I like the line where it's if you can be in a crowd but not lose the common touch -that's my favorite line Mr. Carl Icahn: That's right. If you can walk in a crowd and still not lose the--if you can walk with kings and not lose the common touch.

所以为这些事情你应该读读那首诗,学生：我喜欢这句,如果你跟村夫交谈而不变谦虚之,态，亦或与王侯散步而不露谄媚之颜,那是我最喜欢的一句,卡尔·伊坎先生：对，是的，如果你可以和农夫交谈而,不变--亦或与王侯散步,而不露谄媚之颜。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选