But certainty is an absurd position.

但肯定是个荒谬的位置。

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What most human beings really want to attain is not knowledge, but certainty .

人类真正希望获取的不是知识，而是确定性。

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"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd position." - Voltaire.

不确定是一个不舒适的位置。但肯定是个荒谬的位置。“-伏尔泰。”

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We have no idea what this menacing contraption actually is supposed to look like or what it's actually intended to signify, but we can know, I think, with some certainty that it's not scrannel.

我们无从得知这个威胁性的装置,实际上是什么样或者要代表什么，但是我们可以通过一些并不细小的确切性得知。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It's perfectly inscrutable as far as I'm concerned. But I think I can say with absolute certainty that one of its possible significances cannot be that the unprofitable servant should have waited to make his investment.

这对我来说很神秘，但我可以说,我很确信,它可能的含义之一,不会是让那个无益的仆人去等。

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At any rate, I don't know for certainty that I'm a harder grader, but I believe that it's the case based on reactions I get when I give the speech that I'm about to give.

不管怎么，虽然不是特确定我评分严格，但相信应该就是这样,根据我每次说这些话时得到的反应来说。

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These firms have been crying out for certainty in investment - but that certainty looks a long way off.

BBC: UK Politics

The steps taken today will not only protect consumer choice, but defend certainty for innovators to continue to deliver new services and apps without fear of being blocked.

ENGADGET: Verizon to stop blocking tethering apps, settles with FCC for $1.25 million

They are not part of the ongoing court action, and I don't want to mislead you on that, but I certainty want you to know that I think that they're serious allegations.

CNN: Transcript: Gore talks with reporters outside the White House