不能想象

The Utopia, I argue, is not a representation but an operation calculated to disclose the limits of our own imagination of the future, the lines beyond which we do not seem able to go in imagining changes in our own society and world (except in the direction of dystopia and catastrophe).

我认为，乌托邦不是一种表征而是一种作用，旨在揭示我们对未来想象的局限，超越这种局限，我们似乎再不能想象我们自己社会和世界的变化（除非是反乌托邦和灾难方面的变化）。

Imagine a number of men living in an underground cavernous chamber, with an entrance open to the light extending along the entire length of the cavern, in which they have been confined from their childhood, with their legs and necks so shackled that they are obliged to sit still and look straight forwards, because their chains render it impossible for them to turn their heads round: and imagine a bright fire burning some way off, above and behind them, and an elevated roadway passing between the fire and the prisoners, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which conjurors put up in front of their audience, and above which they exhibit their wonders.

让我们想象一个洞穴式的地下室，它有一长长通道通向外面，可让和洞穴一样宽的一路亮光照进来。有一些人从小就住在这洞穴里，头颈和腿脚都绑着，不能走动也不能转头，只能向前看着洞穴后壁。让我们再想象在他们背后远处高些的地方有东西燃烧着发出火光。在火光和这些被囚禁者之间，在洞外上面有一条路。沿着路边已筑有一带矮墙。矮墙的作用象傀儡戏演员在自己和观众之间设的一道障，他们把木偶举到屏障上头去表演。

I couldn't imagine turning this thing up to 99, it would blow my eardrums out as well as my headphones. Don't try it.

这不是太大的明显分别，但我不能想象将音量开到99，这可能损坏耳机或令我的耳朵失聪，还是不要尝试为好。

You can hardly fancy what a capital hand she is at embroidery.

你简直不能想象她是一个多么出色的绣花能手。

If I were in high school, I can't imagine anything more interesting than stem cells," says Melton."

如果我在高中，我不能想象比干细胞更加有趣的事情了，&Melton说。&

25M:I can't imagine that anyone would pay 7 dollars for 3 ouches of toothpaste.

M：我不能想象有人会花7D买3管牙膏。

I would not go so far as to declare that I would not be able to live without a ball but I can guarantee that I'm not able to imagine my life without training, without the pitch, without the match, without the enthusiasm or the thrill of competition.

我也不会说没有了足球我无法生活下去，但是我能保证我如果不能训练，不能上场，没有了比赛，没有了竞争的热情和勇气我的生活将是无法想象的。

I can't imagine model building without it.

我不能想象模型的建立没有它。

Canadian philosopher Marshall Mcluhan on commentson American like this the automobile culture:"US is a seat onautomobile country, we cannot imagine, do not have the automobile USACongress to turn any appearance."

加拿大哲学家马歇尔·麦克卢汉就这样评说美国的汽车文化：&美国是一个坐在汽车上的国家，我们不能想象，没有汽车的美国会变成什么样子。&

"I can't imagine getting a letter that says, 'You've been classified as a terrorist; come in and we'll tell about it,'" said Sen. Bryan W. Simonaire (R-Anne Arundel).

&我不能想象得到了一封信，说：'你已经被列为恐怖；来，我们会告诉它，&布赖恩说，民主党总统Simonaire。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。