I turned to the very end of the book, to read the final words.

我翻到书的最后面，读了最后的那些话。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I've read the whole book from beginning to end and still can't understand it.

我把整本书从头到尾看了一遍，但还是没看懂。

《牛津词典》

It turns out to be a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

它其实是一本高质量、异常严谨的咖啡桌书籍，写作的初衷是让读者大致浏览里面的内容，而不是从头读到尾。

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But look at the end of the passage that I've just read, a few lines down. The doctrine that the Lady wishes to advance suddenly seems so absolutely not to be a doctrine of married chastity.

但是看一下我刚刚读到的文章结尾，下面的几行，女士希望改进的交教义,突然看上去那么绝对，不再是婚姻贞节的教义。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And the end of the passage is, "Have you read Buckle?"

文章的结尾写道：“你读过巴克尔的书吗？“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I remember when I was a kid, I read this book by Thomas Wolfe called Look Homeward Angel, and in the end he says, "oh lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again."

我记得自己还是孩子的时候,读过一本托马斯·沃尔夫的书,名叫《天使望故乡》,结尾的时候,他说,"啊,迷失的人,还有那随风悲泣的亡魂,回来吧"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

For your health and pocketbook, read The End of Medicine--more fruit from Schumpeter's tree.

FORBES: Schumpeter on Speed

To figure out how exactly Gatsby became rich, you have to actually read the end of the book.

FORBES: Paul Krugman Gets Economics Wrong, The Great Gatsby Too

The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

ECONOMIST: Welcome to a world of high living