But they cannot say for sure who is fighting whom-or why.
但是他们不能确切说出谁在和谁打仗——或是为了什么。
What they cannot say is precisely when and where the next one will strike.
他们无法准确的说出下一次地震是什么时候,在什么地方。
While they share Newton's faith that the universe is ruled everywhere by a coherent set of rules, they cannot say, as scientists, how these particular rules came to govern things.
他们和牛顿一样相信,宇宙处处由一套连贯一致的法则所支配,然而,作为科学家,他们却无法说明,何以万物要由这些法则所支配。
While they share Newton's faith that the universe is ruled everywhere by a coherent set of rules, they cannot say, as scientists, how these particular rules came to govern things.
诚然,他们坚信牛顿的看法- - -世界受一套整合的法则所支配,但问题在于,发轫之始,这些法则是如何开始掌管世界的?对此,身为科学家的他们也无从知晓。
While they share Newton's faith that the universe is ruled everywhere by a coherent set of rules, they cannot say, as scientists, how these particular rules came to govern things.
诚然,他们坚信牛顿的看法- - -世界受一套整合的法则所支配,但问题在于,发轫之始,这些法则是如何开始掌管世界的?对此,身为科学家的他们也无从知晓。
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