"I ask not wherefore, nor how, thou hast fallen into the pit, or say, rather, thou hast ascended to the pedestal of infamy, on which I found thee." He said.

“我不对你盘诘，出于什么原因或以何种方式，你堕入了深渊，或者宁可说，你登上了耻辱的刑台，我正是在那儿见到你的。”他说。

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So, ask not where a species comes from.

所以，不要问物种来自哪。

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Ask not what you can do for your country, etc.

不要问你能为你的国家做些什么这样的问题。

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My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

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The problems that Frost poses are problems of interpretation, - problems that provoke you to ask not, "what does he mean exactly?

弗罗斯特给我们的困难是翻译，是使人不发问这样的问题，“他到底要说什么“

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We're not being merely churlish, I think, if we want to ask why someone would want to write a poem in such a form.

我们要问为什么会有人,想要写这种形式的诗并非毫无道理。

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So in the future, ask not for whom the phone tolls, the toll charge is for thee.

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Ask not just your colleagues (junior or senior) for their opinions, their advice, and what inspires them.

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Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.

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