It is the Demon-Haunted World by the lamented Carl Sagan.
那就是由已故的卡尔·萨根撰写的《魔鬼出没的世界》。
The fact of the matter is that demon theory doesn't do a very good job of explaining the disease, while germ theory does do a good job.
事实上,恶魔理论并不能很好地解释疾病的问题,而微生物理论却能将疾病问题分析得很透彻。
The idea of The Matrix is explicitly built upon Cartesian— Descartes' worries about an evil demon.
《黑客帝国》的创意完全基于笛卡尔的哲学——笛卡尔对于恶灵的忧虑。
René Descartes in his book, Meditations (1642), discussed the idea that he might be deceived by a malign genius, "some evil demon, who has used all his artifice to deceive me".
勒奈·笛卡儿在他的著作《沉思集》(1642)中讨论了这样的想法:他可能被一个邪恶的天才所欺骗。 “某个恶毒的魔鬼,已用尽他的所有诡计来蒙骗我。”
A hero to some, a demon to others, Dai Li with his genius for organization had created the largest spying machine of its time, but reviews of its effectiveness are mixed.
在一些人看来是英雄,其他人看来是魔鬼,戴笠与他组织的天才曾经创造了那个时代最大的间谍机器,检讨其功效时却是复杂的。
For all one knows that demon is the same instinct that makes a baby squall for attention.
尽管每个人都知道这个恶魔完全无异于婴儿为引起注意而啼哭的本能。
The old editorial frets about the “demon of tuberculosis” and diarrheal diseases in Africa, conditions we have yet to exorcise.
这篇旧时的社论表达了对非洲“肺结核恶魔”和腹泻疾病的担忧,而直至现今,我们仍未根除这些疾病。
Descartes' own way out of his evil demon skepticism was to first argue that one cannot genuinely doubt the existence of oneself.
关于这个有关邪恶的恶魔的怀疑,笛卡尔自己的解决办法是首先主张我们不能真正怀疑自己的存在。
Not all literary works, however, emphasize solely the malevolent aspect of the fox demon.
不过,并不是所有的文学作品都独独强调狐妖恶的一面。
Such a demon could not only deceive him about his perceptions, it could conceivably cause him to go wrong when performing even the simplest ACTS of reasoning.
可以理解,这样一个魔鬼不仅可以在感官上欺骗他,还有可能让他在做最为简单的推理时犯错。
Crucially, though, the demon need pump no energy into the rotor, only information about the position of the rotor, which it USES to switch the field.
至关重要的是妖魔并没有把能量提供给转子,只是用了转子自己位置的信息,它被用来切换电场。
For decades it had traded on the idea of a lurking menace, some faceless demon eating away at the Scandinavian dream.
数十年以来它利用了潜藏的威胁这个借口,说一些不知道是谁的恶魔正蚕食着北欧人的梦想。
The fact of the matter is, demon theory doesn't do a very good job of explaining disease, while germ theory does do a good job.
事实上,恶魔理论并不能很好地解释疾病的问题,而微生物理论却能将问题分析得很透彻。
He realised that Maxwell had failed to consider the energy which the demon would require to decide whether a molecule was moving fast or slowly.
他恍然大悟,麦克斯韦没有考虑到这个小妖判定一个分子的速度是快还是慢也需要能量。
And the woman reading "City of Glass," an urban fantasy involving a slavering demon and several warlocks?
那么这个这在读《玻璃城市》的女人呢?她是不是想到留着口水的恶魔和英俊潇洒的男巫师?
Once enough data have been gathered from demon, either a larger demonstration aircraft will be built or the technology will be tested by converting an existing plane.
一旦通过“恶魔”无人机的试验收集到足够的数据,可能要么是制造一架更大的试验飞机,要么就是改装一架现有的飞机,并在这架飞机上进行射流控制系统的试验。
The search for real physical systems that behave like Maxwell's demon has gone on ever since.
从那时开始直到现在,寻找工作机理类似麦克斯韦妖的真正物理系统的试验就一直没有停止过。
Descartes considered the idea that his demon could simply cause him to believe that 2+3=5, and that this may not be the case.
但笛卡尔把这个想法看成:那个恶魔能轻而易举地让他相信2+3=5,同时这也不一定就是实情。
There was an evil demon called Kali who hated Nala and wanted to bring his downfall, so he had to find a weakness of Nala.
有个名叫迦梨的恶魔很讨厌那勒,并且想使他一蹶不振,所以他必须要找到那勒的弱点。
The first layer maps Michael's route through the pipes, the next later is the design for the demon holding the sword piece of his tattoo.
最下面一层是Michael在管道中的逃狱路线,在其上面一层是他设计出的纹身图案:一个拿着利剑的恶魔。
From demon and pest to guarantor of happiness and childhood health? Not bad for humble grime.
从恶魔和有害之物(pest不是pet)摇身变为幸福快乐以及孩子健康的担保人?这对于卑微的污垢来说,还不错吧。
So he has a quotation, "what shall I now say that I am when I might be deceived by an evil demon, or dreaming?"
他有一个引述,叫做“现在我该如何定义自己呢?”,我可能被恶魔欺骗了,也可能是在做梦?
The building of a real-life version of "Maxwell's demon" – which can turn information into useful energy – might mean that future nanomachines can be powered purely by information.
建造“麦斯威尔妖”的现实生活版本——它可以把信息转变为有用的能量——意味着未来的毫微级计算机可能纯粹地依靠信息来作为动力。
Now all is dashed wrong by the fool's craving to hear evil of self, that haunts some people like a demon!
现在,一切都闹糟了,就因为这傻子拚命想听人家说他的坏话,这种想法往往像魔鬼似地缠着人!
On Demon, the air is produced from a separately powered compressor, but in a production aircraft it could be drawn from the engine.
在“恶魔”无人机上,空气来自一个单独驱动的压缩机,但在正式生产的机型上,空气可以由发动机导出。
So Pearl — the elf-child, — the demon offspring, as some people, up to that epoch, persisted in considering her — became the richest heiress of her day, in the New World.
于是,小珠儿——那个小精灵,那个直到那时人们还坚持认为是恶魔的后裔,就成了当年新大陆的最富有的继承人。
I knew he had studied like a demon and understood the material, but his exam didn't show it.
我知道他一直在拼命学习,而且理解考试的内容,但从他的考卷上却看不出来。
I knew he had studied like a demon and understood the material, but his exam didn't show it.
我知道他一直在拼命学习,而且理解考试的内容,但从他的考卷上却看不出来。
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