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I say nothing of its being likely that nothing will exist for anyone when I am gone, and that as soon as my consciousness is extinguished the whole world will vanish too and become void like a phantom, as a mere appurtenance of my consciousness, for possibly all this world and all these people are only me myself.

十分显然，生命和世界现在仿佛都要取决于我，甚至可以这么说，现在这世界仿佛也是为我一个人而创造的：我自杀了，世界也就不再有了，至少对于我来说是如此。

In a relatively brief period the archaeological record is reduced to mere scraps of stone, bone, glass, metal, and earthenware.

战场上军队的行动可能"改变历史的进程"，但从考古学的观点来看，这同样是难以捕捉的；可能更糟的是，多数有机物质会腐烂。

In a relatively brief period the archaeological record is reduce to mere scraps of stone, bone, glass, metal, and earthenware.

在短时期内，能留下考古记录的东西也都会退化为石头，骨头，玻璃，金属和陶器的碎片。

Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife; That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the toged consuls can propose As masterly as he: mere prattle, without practise, Is all his soldiership.

哼，一个算学大家，一个叫做迈克尔·凯西奥的弗罗稜萨人，一个几乎因为娶了娇妻而误了终身的家伙；他从来不曾在战场上领过一队兵，对於布阵作战的知识，懂得简直也不比一个老守空闺的女人多；即使懂得一些书本上的理论，那些身穿宽袍的元老大人们讲起来也会比他更头头是道；只有空谈，不切实际，这就是他的全部的军人资格。

At the mere mention of Krishna and Arjuna the Master went into samādhi.

师父一提到了克里希纳和阿周那就进入了三摩地。

Arnheim think that Not until film began to become an art was the interest moved from mere subject matter to aspects of form.

在阿恩海姆美学思想中，其电影艺术论是比较有特色的。

In general, the same preservation principles are also valid if mere repair work must be exceeded and individual components that are largely ruined have to be completely exchanged: for example, use of clay roofing tiles which, aside from their aesthetic effect, possess different physical properties than substitute materials such as concrete tiles; use of wooden window frames instead of plastic ones, of window shutters instead of roller blinds; rejection of all the current facade coverings such as asbestos cement or plastic.

一般而言，同样的保存原则也适用於单单以修理无法解决问题，而必须完全更替被毁坏的部份的个案：例如采用黏土制的屋顶磁砖，除了具美感效果，还可以较混凝土等具不同的物理特性材料；采用木制窗框胜於塑胶框，以百叶窗取代卷轴式窗帘；不使用所有当代的表面覆材，例如石棉、水泥及塑胶类等。

"People, on this criterion, are scarcely worth mentioning—5 million years perhaps since Australopithecus, a mere 50, 000 for our own species, Homo sapiens…"

人类，在这种标准下，根本不值得一提——大概5百万年前的南方古猿，仅仅5万年前的我们自己的物种，智人。

In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

干你所喜欢的事是没有用的，你得喜欢你所干的事。

In vain they rush frantically round from place to place,trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

他们狂乱地从一个地方跑到另一个地方、想通过不断换地方的这种方式来摆脱烦恼，这是徒劳的。

It's bell can reach over a meter in diameter.

它的身体最大可以达到直径1米多。

Now they are overdue and I shall have to pay a fine.

现在他们过期了，我不得不付罚款。