一大堆

The direction of large swarmlike systems such as human society is controlled by a messy multitude of interconnecting, self-contradictory agents who have only the dimmest awareness of where the whole is at any one moment.

那些大型的、群集状态下的系统，比如人类社会，是由一大堆相互联结、自相矛盾的作用者控制的。而这些作用者，在任何一个时刻，对于整体之所在也就只有一种最隐约的意识而已。

The direction of large swarmlike systems such as human society is controlled by a messy multitude of interconnecting, self-contradictory agents who have only the dimmest awareness of where the whole is at any one moment.

那些大型的、群集状态下的系统，比如人类社会，控制着它们的，是一大堆相互联结、自相矛盾的作用者，而这些作用者，在任何一个时刻，对于整体之所在其实也就只有一种最隐约的意识而已。

There, before a sea of TV cameras, he shook a container of divinatory stick

在一大堆的电视摄像机面前，他摇动签筒，直到一支神签掉出来。

There, before a sea of TV cameras, he shook a container of divinatory sticks until one fell out that told the city's fortune.

在一大堆的电视摄像机面前，他摇动签筒，直到一支神签掉出来。

There, before asea of TV cameras, he shook a container of divinatory sticks until onefell out that told the city's fortune.

在一大堆的电视摄像机面前，他摇动签筒，直到一支神签掉出来。

This book is dedicated, in respect and admiration, to the spirit that lives in the computer.''I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.

我认为我们一定要在边城当中是可保持边城的快乐这对于我们每一个编程人员是非常重要的，当它开始的时候，电脑是一个非常有意思的东西，当然虽然开始我们我们满足客户时非常有意思的，但是一段时间后我们开始接到客户来的一大堆抱怨。

To me, living in a crowded triple, having a one-day reading period before finals, tons of readings, papers, and midterms due the same week are not exactly my idea of"'easy, free, forgiving, attentive, comfortable, interesting, unchallenging fun'".

生活在一个拥挤的三人间里，期末考试前只有一天时间看书，一大堆的阅读任务、论文、还有期中考试都集中在一个星期里进行，这绝对不是我以为的&充满了安逸、自由、包容、方便、舒适、有趣、轻松等乐趣的地方&。

It's like hearing a song through cough syrup — perfect for Wayne, who wheezily declares "I don' write shit 'cause I don't got time," and then conjures up enough crazy, off-balance wordplay to convince you he's either a liar or a savant.

就好像欣赏一首穿过咳嗽药水传过来的歌——这正是Wayne标榜的完美，他气喘吁吁地宣称&I don' write shit 'cause I don't got time &，并且像变魔术一样弄出一大堆足够狂热的怪异句子，令人深信：他要么是个骗子，要么就是个天才。

On the other hand, the Have-nots with lower IQs and wage-earning abilities will be inferior to the Haves.

尤有甚者，这项研究还声称一件事：贫困者会为富有者制造一大堆麻烦。

Trying to buy people off is like trying to put out a fire by dousing it with gasoline. With word processors, lawyers can easily produce countless claimants. But only 25% of the money goes to claimants – the rest goes to the lawyers, doctors, etc.

想要把一个人买断，就好像是试着在火上加油一样，只要有打字机，律师就有办法变出一大堆原告，实际上只有25%的钱落到原告的手上，其余的钱都流入到律师以及医生等人士的口袋里。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。