For Greenfield, a conscious experience occurs when a stimulus — either external, like a sensation, or internal, like a thought or a memory — triggers a chain reaction within the brain.

根据Greenfield的观点，当某种刺激——要么来自外部，比如一件耸人听闻的事件，要么来自内部，比如一种想法或者记忆——在大脑中触发了一个连锁反应，意识就产生了。

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I, like a fool, never thought.

我，像个傻瓜一样，从来没有想过。

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The thought fluttered in her mind like a flame-attracted moth.

这想法有如被火光吸引的飞蛾在她的头脑中飞舞。

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The thought of having to live alone in a house like that was so frightening it was enough to curl your hair.

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than an event or location, like a thought.

比起活动或者地点更为抽象的事情，比如说，想法。

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I really thought as an entrepreneur, as a startup, you really cannot spend money like hell without thinking about tomorrow.

作为一个创业者，在创业初期,不能随意烧钱而至公司未来于不顾。

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At a minimum Cusack should have thought like a buyer and insisted on a few days to look long and hard at three of the seven potential onboarding landmines : organizational risks, role risks, and personal risks.

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It's a nice thought, like a catchy pop song, and by the stunning proliferation of "How-To" guides, it's a very, very overplayed one.

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As the second half wore on, Rangers looked more like a side who thought they could get something out of the game and they started to up the tempo.

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