Odysseus stopped his sailors' ears with wax and had himself tied to his ship's mast so he could hear the song without endangering his vessel.

奥德赛用蜡封住水手们的耳朵，而将自己捆缚在船的桅杆之上，这样他即使听到了歌声，也不会危害到自己的航船。

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At a party you might be done listening to a boring, repetitive guy but can't get away because he's filling your ears with stuff he's eager to say but you are not eager to hear.

比如，在一个聚会上，你会想避开一个讲话内容无聊，不断重复说一些内容的人，但是你又不能避开，因为他正在用那些你非常不想听而他又非常想讲的内容充斥你的耳朵。

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"Have got big ears to hear you with," said the Wolf.

“我耳朵大才好听你说话呀。”狼说。

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It is not wild-eyed to view South-East Asia as a last frontier, with a lot of fresh ears waiting to hear Beethoven.

ECONOMIST: The Malaysian Philharmonic

With ears fully open to the ambient noise, we couldn't hear anything at all.

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Because that latter half of my class listened to the videos with their eyes wide open, and their eyes told their ears what to hear.

FORBES: Brain Control and Consumer Behavior