【双语有声阅读】我的世界观(2)

This feeling mercifully mitigates¹ the sense of responsibility which so easily becomes paralyzing,

 

拥有这神心情，不仅宽厚地減轻了那种使人容易感到心有余而力不足的责任感，

and it prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously;

也避免了我们太过认真地对待自己和别人；

it conduces to a view of life in which humor, above all, has its due place.

同样有利子人们获得一种人生观，就是首先给予幽默感以应有地位。

To inquire after the meaning or object of one’s own existence or of creation generally has always seemed to me absurd from an objective point of view.

从客现的观点方面，想要探究自身存在乃至一般创造物的意义或目的，我总是觉得不免不合常理。

And yet everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his endeavors and his judgments².

然而，每个人的理想不同，他们的努力和判断方向也不同。

In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves-such an ethical³ basis I call more proper for a herd⁴ of swine.

从这一意义上看，我永远不会把安逸和享乐当成人生目的本身—我认为这种伦理基 础更适合于一群猪猡。

The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

真、善、美点亮我的道路，并且不停地赋予我新的勇气，我才能高兴地面对生活的理想。

Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective,

没有志同道合的友情，没有全身心投入于客观世界，

the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty.

追寻在艺术与科学研究领域无法企及的目标，那么我的生活将是空虚的。

The ordinary objects of human endeavor-property, outward success，luxury-have always seemed to me contemptible⁵.

人们朝思暮想的一般对象—财富、表面的成功、奢侈—对我来说都是可鄙的。

My passionate⁶ sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted,

我对社会正义感和社会责任感充满热情，可与此形成鲜明对照的是，

oddly with my pronounced freedom from the need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities.

我又明显缺乏与别人和社会直接接触的愿望。我一直是按照自己的心愿做事：

I gang my own gait and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate⁷ family, with my whole heart；

我未曾全心全意地热爱我的国家、 我的家庭、我的朋友，甚至我的至亲；

in the face of all these ties I have never lost an obstinate⁸ sense of detachment, of the need for solitude-a feeling which increases with the years.

在面对所有这些关系纽带时，我一直保持着一种顽固的超然感以及避世的需要一这种感受随着年龄的增长不断加强。

1 mitigates   

v.减轻，缓和( mitigate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Data Control is the containment of activity. It is what mitigates risk. 数据控制就是限制攻击者活动的机制，它可以降低安全风险。 来自互联网
• Laziness also mitigates the threat from piracy. 懒散也减轻了来自盗版的威胁。 来自互联网

2 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

3 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

4 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

5 contemptible   

adj.可鄙的，可轻视的，卑劣的

参考例句：

• His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.他气貌不扬，言语粗俗。
• That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。

6 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

8 obstinate   

adj.顽固的，倔强的，不易屈服的，较难治愈的

参考例句：

• She's too obstinate to let anyone help her.她太倔强了，不会让任何人帮她的。
• The trader was obstinate in the negotiation.这个商人在谈判中拗强固执。