以太

Looking back over the development of physics we see that the ether, soon after its birth, became the enfant terrible of the family of physical substances.

回顾一下物理学的发展，我们看到以太自出生以来便是具体物质这个家族中的一个顽童。

Since we have no mechanical picture of the ether, it is extremely difficult to answer this question.

因为我们没有以太的力学结构，所以很难答复这个问题。

Why all attempts to detect effects of Earth's motion through the ether had failed.

为什么所有测量地球在以太中的运动速度的实验都没有成功。

Far in the past, they had conquered the ether

在遥远的过去，他们已经征服以太

But there are other and simpler objections to ether than the difficulty of constructing it.

把以太说成是胶状的物质已经很困难了，但是还有其他更简单的反对它的理由。

This thesis mainly introduces the design and realization of Desktop Ether LAN Tester.

本论文对台式以太局域网测试仪的实现进行了深入、细致的研究。

The first, that moving bodies carry ether along.

第一个是说运动的物体把以太带走。

Your second argument is also true. We cannot give a mechanical explanation of ether.

您的第二个反驳也是对的，我们不能够对以太作一个力学的解释。

But what was the mysterious ether through which it passed?

但它穿越的那个神秘的以太是什么呢？

You are in a place called the Ethereal plane that overlaps the normal physical, Material Plane.

你处于以太位面，这是一个与主物质位面重叠的位面。

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。