We are used to thinking about global cooperation in fields such as monetary policy, disease control, or nuclear weapons proliferation.

我们已经习惯于在货币政策、疾病控制或者核子武器扩散等领域方面思考全球合作。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

But if it has now been discredited in the minds of the British people, the result may be a new element of independence into British strategic thinking.

但是，这一关系在英国人民的头脑中大打折扣，其结果可能就是在英国的战略思考中加入新的独立因素。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

American voters, who are famously loathe to increase taxes, might start thinking a lot harder about the real economic costs of their country’s superpower status.

美国的纳税人一贯以痛恨加税著称，他们可能会开始考虑美国超级大国地位的实际的经济代价。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

As central bankers and finance ministers ponder how to intervene to prop up the dollar, they should also start thinking about what to do when the time comes to pull the plug.

值此银行家和财政部长考虑如何采取干预措施支持美元的时候，他们也应该开始思考当美元角色终结真正到来的时刻，世界货币体系将要何去何从。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

And habit, to my thinking, is more vital than any occasional excitement.

我觉得习惯是比任何偶尔的兴奋都重要的。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

'And just as I'd taken the highest tree in the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a shriek, 'and just as I was thinking I should be free of them at last, they must needs come wriggling down from the sky!

“我刚刚把家搬到树林里最高的树上， ”鸽子继续说， 把嗓门提高成了尖声嘶叫， “我想已经最后摆脱它们了， 结果它们还非要弯弯曲曲地从天上下来不可。

Carroll, Lewis / Alice's adventures in Wonderland卡罗尔 刘易斯 / 爱丽丝梦游仙境

爱丽丝梦游仙境

卡罗尔 刘易斯

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

© 1901, by Harper & Brothers

But what do one billion people living in utter poverty (300 million on less than one dollar a day) and deprived of any rights think of this enlightened despotism?

但10亿极端贫困（3亿人每天还挣不到1美元）并被剥夺了所有权利的国民将怎样看待这样的文明专制？

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

We think, therefore, that he has gone, and the outlying farmers sleep the better in consequence.

因此我们就认为他已经逃走了，而那些住得边远的农民们也就可以睡得稍为安心些了。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

The court may put such questions to the person examined as the court thinks fit.

法院可向接受讯问的人提出法院认为合适的问题。

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.10.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.10.2011

This split obscures the underlying uniformity of thought.

不同派系的分野模糊了下面所掩盖的统一思想。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

The Authority shall maintain a register of licensed pilots, containing such particulars as he thinks fit.

监督须备存一本持有执照的领港员登记册，收载他认为适合的详情。

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 04.09.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 04.09.2011

'But don' t you think there is something special about him?' she asked.

“但是， 你觉得他是有点什么特别的地方么？”她问道。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

“My difficulty is the more formidable of the two, for I think that we shall very shortly get an explanation of yours, while mine may remain forever a mystery.

“在两种难题当中，我的困难是更加麻烦的一个，我认为，你那个疑问很快就可以得到 解答了，可是我那问题则可能永远是个谜。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

Connie thought what a pathetic sort of thing a man was, feeble and small-looking, when he was lying on his belly on the big earth.

康妮想， 一个男子俯卧在庞大的地上的时候， 他是多么纤弱微小的可怜的东西。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

Any thought of concession or compromise is gravely mistaken.

任何退让或者妥协的想法都是严重错误的。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010