They called it silly and long-winded. Still, it remains one of his most popular works.
今天，它仍然是格什温最著名的作品而得以保留。
He didn't come at all. It was silly of us to keep on waiting for him.
他根本没有来，我们傻等了他半天。
It was a soft thing with a darling silly baby face and legs rather long for its body.
这是一个软软的小东西，长着一张傻乎乎的、可爱的娃娃脸，腿相比身体来说很长。
The notion that learning should have in it an element of inspired play would seem to the greater part of the academic establishment merely silly, but that is nonetheless the case.
学习应该包含有激发性游戏的元素，这一概念在学术界的大部分人看来只是愚蠢，但事实就是如此。
After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year, doesn't it?
毕竟，如果你认识的每个人都要在秋天上大学，那么你推迟一年上大学看上去很傻，不是吗？
It sounds pretty silly, but it's really important because it allows you to define a thermometer and temperature.
这听起来相当白痴，但是它确实很重要，因为它让你可以定义温度计和温度。
"It seemed so silly," she said to herself, "to be near it and not be able to get in."
她自言自语地说：“靠近它却不能进去，好像太可笑了。”
Even Mark Twain, a man who enjoyed a hearty laugh, said that when it came to photographic portraits there could be "nothing more damning than a silly, foolish smile fixed forever".
就连乐于开怀大笑的马克吐温也说，当谈到人像照片时，“没有什么比一个又傻又蠢的微笑被永远定格更可怕的了”。
It may sound silly, but it's something scientists are working on.
这听起来可能很傻，但这是科学家们正在研究的东西。
If you ask the question "How did you get here?", it can bring in "I have this old, broken-down vehicle" or "I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back."
如果你问“你是怎么到这里来的？”这样的问题，它便会引出“我开我那辆破旧车来的”或“我乘坐公共汽车来的，车后面那群疯子讲一些无聊的笑话而哈哈大笑”。
It's silly to paper over the problem; it will only crop up again one day.
把这个问题掩盖起来的作法是愚蠢的，总有一天还会暴露的。
My state renews drivers licenses for five-year periods. It would be silly for them to ask me each year what I thought of my last renewal experience.
我所在的州驾驶执照每五年更新一次，假如他们每年都问我对于上次的更新体验有什么看法的话，那将会是非常傻帽的。
It might be very silly to use decision trees for learning how to actually explore a jungle but very reasonable to use them for picking food at a restaurant.
也许用决策树来学习如何在丛林中勘查是非常愚蠢的，但用它们在餐馆中选取食物却非常合适。
I even remember the very first word that I ever read all by myself, a moment that, silly as it is, was one of the major epiphanies of my life.
我甚至还记得我完全依靠自己读出的第一个字。虽说有点傻气，可是那一刻算得上是我一生中几个重大顿悟的瞬间之一。
With interest rates at a measly .001%, it seems silly to leave your savings sitting in the bank.
固定利率只有可怜的001%，于是把你的积蓄留在银行里变成了一种愚蠢的行为。
It is silly to pretend otherwise amongst ourselves, though we need not own it to other folks.
虽然我们用不着向别人承认这件事，但是在我们自己中间装假就犯傻了。
It is silly to dismiss a whole genre just because so many business books are bad.
如果因为糟糕的商业书刊太多而将整个商业书刊类型取消掉，这样的做法是愚蠢的。
Silly as it may seem to some, we really believe speeding up the pace of education in the world makes it a better place.
尽管对某些人来说这听起来有点傻气，但我们确实相信加快教育的节奏能够使世界变得更好。
It may sound silly, but even the tiniest shift of a kitchen table or couch can make all the difference.
听起来可能很傻，但是即使最小的移动厨房的桌子或者椅子都可以有很大的改变。
It may seem silly to be so specific, but keep your team size small during Elaboration.
说得这样明确可能很愚蠢，在细化阶段，使您的团队大小保持小规模。
To policymakers in Washington, it seemed silly and nitpicky to treat finance as a different animal.
对于华盛顿而言，把金融业区别对待显得愚蠢与过于挑剔。
It may seem a little silly to explain it that way, but this is the level of simplicity we're after.
这样解释它可能有点愚蠢，但这就是我们追求的简单级别。
It sounds silly, but lots of people swear by keeping a packet of cigarettes open in their pocket while they're trying to give up...
听起来很愚蠢，但很多人在试图戒烟时对着口袋里打开的一包烟草发誓...
Brazilians pride themselves on their knack for dodging silly rules (they call it jeitinho).
巴西人以他们那些愚蠢规则的规避（他们将这叫“诀窍”）而自豪。
But it is far from silly to observe that, on the evidence so far, the rest of the world is doing quite nicely.
不过观察目前的世界形式，注意到其他地区的进展都还不错，这一点可不傻。
We did it for silly purposes just to see how big each data type was, but on most systems the size of a char is what?
只是为了很傻的目的，来看看每个数据类型多大，但是在大多数的系统中char的大小是多少呢？
It does look silly, a parish spokesman concedes, using diaper-like cloths to "wipe up seven billion blades of grass."
一位教区发言人承认道：“这确实很傻，用一片吸水布去擦拭70亿片草叶”。
I guess I'm curious about the context he seriously presented that because it seems like a silly and extremely simplistic view.
我觉得我很好奇他严肃地提出这个问题的背景，是因为它似乎是个很傻并且，非常简单的观点。
I guess I'm curious about the context he seriously presented that because it seems like a silly and extremely simplistic view.
我觉得我很好奇他严肃地提出这个问题的背景，是因为它似乎是个很傻并且，非常简单的观点。
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