GRE试题:173-244题中文翻译新版

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173 "Originality does not mean thinking something that was never thought before. it means putting old ideas together in new ways."

173． 创造性不是指想人们没有想过的东西；而是以新方式将旧观点组织在一起。

174 "Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places."

174． 法律不应该太僵化、太固定。他们应该是灵活的，考虑到各种实际情况、时间和地点。

175 "It is always an individual who is the impetus for innovation. the details may be worked out by a team, but true innovation results from the enterprise and unique perception of an individual."

175． 总是某个个人推动了革新；可能由团队完成细节，但是真正的革新来自于个人的进取心与不寻常的洞察力。

176 "The function of science is to reassure. the purpose of art is to upset. Therein lies the value of each."

176． 科学的目的是使人们安心，艺术的目的是使人们不安。这就是它们各自的价值。

177 "The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world. After studying the discipline, we see the same world as before, but with different eyes."

177． 对学术的研究改变了我们感知世界的方式。探究了这些领域之后，看同样的世界，却是不同的视角。
178 "It is possible to pass laws that control or place limits on people s behavior, but legislation cannot reform human nature. Laws cannot change what is in people s hearts and minds."

178． 控制、限制人们行为的法律可能建立，但是立法不能改变人们的本性，法律无法改变人们的所思所想。

179 "What most human beings really want to attain is not knowledge, but certainty. Gaining real knowledge requires taking risks and keeping the mind open -- but most people prefer to be reassured rather than to learn the complex and often unsettling truth about anything."

179． 人类真正希望获取的不是知识，而是确定性。获取真正的知识需要冒险，并且要有开放的心灵，但是大多数人更喜欢确定感，而不是去了解事物复杂的，甚至是使人不安的真相。

180 "Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated."

180． 现代社会的许多问题是法律和司法系统不能解决的，因为道德行为无法立法。

181 "The way students and scholars interpret the materials they work with in their academic fields is more a matter of personality than of training.

Different interpretations come about when people with different personalities look at exactly the same objects, facts, data, or events and see different things."
181． 研究者和学者们诠释他们研究领域的资料时，更多的是一种个人化的行为，而不是拥有客观的标准。当个性不同的人看待完全相同的物体、事实、数据或者事件时，会给出不同的诠释，看到不同的东西。

182 "It is dangerous to trust only intelligence."

182． 只相信智力是危险的。（Intelligence：The faculty of thought and reason. 故智力－理性相对于直觉－感性，我的理解）

183 "As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible , but more complex and more mysterious."

183． 随着我们获取的知识越来越多，事情不是变得更好理解，而是变得更复杂更神秘。

184 "It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data."

184． 在没有证据之前就得出理论，是重大错误。

185 "Scandals -- whether in politics, academia, or other areas -- can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could."

185． 丑闻，不管是政治、学术还是其他领域，都是有用的。它们能吸引人们的注意力，而使我们聚焦于问题，以一种演讲者和改革家都做不到的方式。

186 "Practicality is now our great idol, which all powers and talents must serve. Anything that is not obviously practical has little value in today s world."

186． 现在，实用性是我们最大的追求，所有的力量和聪明才智都应为其努力。任何没有明显实用性的东西在当今世界都是没有价值的。
187 "It is easy to welcome innovation and accept new ideas. What most people find difficult, however, is accepting the way these new ideas are put into practice."

187． 人们很容易欢迎革新和接受新思想。但是，人们发现最困难的是接受把新思想应用到实践中来的方式。

188 "Success, whether academic or professional, involves an ability to survive in a new environment and, eventually, to change it."