1. For life is paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual
relinquishment.
因为生活是一条悖论:它甚至指示我们牢牢抓住许多到头来注定要放弃的东西。
2. For life is a paradox, it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual
relinquishment.
因为人生就是一对矛盾:它既让我们抓住人生的多种赐予,同时它又要我们到头来把这些赐予放弃。
3. He quotes Napoleon's memoirs to show how deeply the Frenchman admired Washington and how utterly baffled he was by his voluntary
relinquishment of power.
他引用拿破仑的回忆录来说明法国人是多么景仰华盛顿,而华盛顿对自愿放弃权力又是如何的困惑不解。