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On Resignation 论放弃
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  • On Resignation

    论放弃

    Resignation is of two sorts, one rooted in despair, the other in unconquerable hope. The man who has suffered such fundamental defeat that he has given up hope of serious achievement may learn the resignation of despair, and if he does, he will abandon all serious activity. He may, camouflage1 his despair by religious phrases, or by the doctrine2 that contemplation is the true end of man, but whatever disguise he may adopt to conceal3 his inward defeat, he will remain essentially4 useless and fundamentally unhappy. The man whose resignation is based on unconquerable hope acts in quite a different way. Hope which is to be unconquerable must be large and impersonal5. Whatever my personal activities, may be defeated by death, or by certain kinds of diseases; I may be overcome by my enemies; I may find that I have embarked6 upon an unwise course which cannot lead to success. In a thousand ways the failure of purely7 personal hopes may be unavoidable, but if personal aims have been part of larger hopes for humanity, there is not the same utter defeat when failure comes.

    放弃有两种,一种源于绝望,一种源于不可征服的希望。前者是不好的,后者是好的。一个人遭到重创,以致对重大的成就不抱希望时,也许会走向绝望的放弃,采真如此,他将中止一切重要的活动;他也许会用宗教上的词句,或者用沉思默想,才是人类的真正的目标的说教来掩饰他的绝望。但是无论他使用何种托辞来遮掩他内心的失败,他本质上将是一个无用的和不快乐的人。把放弃建立在不可征服的希望之上的人,行动则截然不同。不可征服的希望必定是很大的而且是非个人性质的。无论我个人的活动如何,我都可能被死亡或某种疾病击败;我可能被敌人打倒;我可能发现自己走上了一条不能成功的蠢路。 在成千上万的形式中,纯属个人希望的破灭也许不可避免,但若个人的目标已成为人类的大希望中的一部分,那么当失败到来时,就不至于被彻底击倒了。

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    1 camouflage [ˈkæməflɑ:ʒ] NsnzR   第9级
    n.掩饰,伪装;vt.伪装,掩饰;vi.伪装起来
    参考例句:
    • The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage. 北极熊身上的白色的浓密软毛是一种天然的伪装。
    • The animal's markings provide effective camouflage. 这种动物身上的斑纹是很有效的伪装。
    2 doctrine [ˈdɒktrɪn] Pkszt   第7级
    n.教义;主义;学说
    参考例句:
    • He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine. 他不得不宣扬他的教义。
    • The council met to consider changes to doctrine. 宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。
    3 conceal [kənˈsi:l] DpYzt   第7级
    vt.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽
    参考例句:
    • He had to conceal his identity to escape the police. 为了躲避警方,他只好隐瞒身份。
    • He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure. 他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
    4 essentially [ɪˈsenʃəli] nntxw   第8级
    adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
    参考例句:
    • Really great men are essentially modest. 真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
    • She is an essentially selfish person. 她本质上是个自私自利的人。
    5 impersonal [ɪmˈpɜ:sənl] Ck6yp   第8级
    adj.无个人感情的,与个人无关的,非人称的
    参考例句:
    • Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal. 他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远,没有人情味。
    • His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal. 他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。
    6 embarked [imˈbɑ:kt] e63154942be4f2a5c3c51f6b865db3de   第7级
    乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事
    参考例句:
    • We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. 我们站在突码头上目送他们登船。
    • She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins. 她开始讲本市的起源。
    7 purely [ˈpjʊəli] 8Sqxf   第8级
    adv.纯粹地,完全地
    参考例句:
    • I helped him purely and simply out of friendship. 我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
    • This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative. 这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

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