真相很少是纯粹的,也从不简单。
捍卫英语纯正性的问题在于,英语就像妓院里的妓女一样纯洁。我们不只是借用词汇;有时,英语会追着其他语言进入小巷,把它们打晕,然后从它们的口袋里翻找新词汇。
The energy industry must adapt to remain relevant in a low-carbon future.
I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, I could never see anything extraordinary in them.
The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.