We no longer admire the sage-not the way people did two thousand years ago. Now we admire the genius.
我们已经不再像两千年前的人那样崇拜圣人了。
Readers hated the growing streak of Eastern mysticism in the saga, as Seymour evolved, in successive retellings, from a troubled, suicidal young man into a genius, a sage, even a saint of sorts.
其他一些读者则讨厌这个传奇中日益增长的东方神秘主义。在不断的复述中,西摩从一个倍受困扰、有自杀倾向的年轻人,演变成为一个天才,一位智者,乃至某种圣人。
Like any smart criminal, Gekko writes a best-selling autobiography, less mea culpa than me-a-genius, and revels in his fame as grizzled sage and insult comic.
与其他任何一个聪明的罪犯一样,盖柯写了一部很畅销的自传,书中很少提及他的责任,而更多谈到他的天才,并为自己那头发花白的圣人和受辱的喜剧人物形象而洋洋自得。
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