倒像

In 《Hero's Return》, the astronaut protected by the guards is received by a welcoming crowd. In the first painting, he appears rigid, uneasy and overwhelmed by the scale of the event. In fact, he looks more like a criminal being marched to the execution ground. But in the second painting, he is shown to wave to the crowd and play the role of 'hero' with adeptness. We can almost begin to see the life he leads afterwards. He will be received by various top leaders and interviewed in television programs. In a succession of awarding ceremonies, speeches and briefings, he will become more and more experienced, relaxed and eloquent, so on and so forth. His self will be eroding. Whenever he looks at himself in the mirror, he will see a hero, a hero through and through. Via the contrast of images, the artist subtly reveals the process of hero-making.

在《英雄归》里，那位宇航员在卫兵的护送下，接受人群的夹道欢迎，第一幅画面上，我们可以看到他显得举止僵硬，受宠若惊，仿佛还没有适应如此盛大的场面，夸张地说，他的姿态倒像是一个被押送的犯人，而在第二幅画面上，他已经在挥手致意，看上去已经进入到"英雄"这一角色之中，我们似乎可以猜想他此后的生活，他将会不停地受到领导人的接见，不停地出席电视采访节目、受勋仪式、演讲会、报告会，在那样的过程中越来越老练、坦然，口才越来越出色，如此等等，他的自我逐渐地丧失，甚至当他揽镜自照时，眼之所见也俨然是一个不折不扣的英雄形象。

It was like the two halves of a countersign.

这倒像个接头暗号分成了两半。

Ogre that he was , he spoke like an epicure

他虽是个吃人恶魔，说话倒像个美食家。

In that manner Hareton, who should now be the first gentleman in the neighbourhood, was reduced to a state of complete dependence on his father's inveterate enemy; and lives in his own house as a servant, deprived of the advantage of wages, and quite unable to right himself, because of his friendlessness, and his ignorance that he has been wronged.

于是，哈里顿原该是附近一带的第一流绅士，却落到完全靠他父亲的多年仇人来养活的地步。他在他自己的家里倒像个仆人一样，还被剥夺了领取工钱的权利；他是翻不了身了，这是由于他的无亲无故，而且自己还根本不知道他在受人欺侮了。

In that manner Hareton, who should now be the first gentleman in the neighbourhood, was reduced to a state of complete dependence on his fathers inveterate enemy; and lives in his own house as a servant, deprived of the advantage of wages, and quite unable to right himself, because of his friendlessness, and his ignorance that he has been wronged.

于是，哈里顿原该是附近一带的第一流绅士，却落到完全靠他父亲的多年仇人来养活的地步。他在他自己的家里倒像个仆人一样，还被剥夺了领取工钱的权利；他是翻不了身了，这是由于他的无亲无故，而且自己还根本不知道他在受人欺侮了。

Being southern Californian to the core, there was an air of the surfer about him. He climbed sometimes in skimpy black singlet and white jeans, sometimes in minute running shorts, with his long blond hair dangling as he inched across a layback or relaxed, hanging by his fingertips, for a while.

作为一个土生土长的南加州人，他给人的感觉倒像一个海边的冲浪手——上面有时穿黑色紧身汗衫，下面着白色牛仔或是迷你运动短裤，一头金色的长发在空中飘来摆去——这个时候，他可能正后背朝下，身体在岩壁上挪蹭，或是手指抓着支撑点，身体悬挂在空中休息。

He climbed sometimes in skimpy black singlet and white jeans, sometimes in minute running shorts, with his long blond hair dangling as he inched across a layback or relaxed, hanging by his fingertips, for a while. His only equipment, apart from rubber-soled boots, was a bag of chalk slung at the back of his belt, into which he dipped his hands to dry the sweat and improve his grip.

作为一个土生土长的南加州人，他给人的感觉倒像一个海边的冲浪手——上面有时穿黑色紧身汗衫，下面着白色牛仔或是迷你运动短裤，一头金色的长发在空中飘来摆去——这个时候，他可能正后背朝下，身体在岩壁上挪蹭，或是手指抓着支撑点，身体悬挂在空中休息。

Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.

中西部不再是世界温暖的中心，而倒像是宇宙的荒凉的边缘——于是我决定到东部去学债券生意。

"Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon.

&噢！&这声音不像是从口中说出来的，倒像是从克罗伊敦公爵鼻子中呼出来的。

Because of the airplane ticket, they stayed in Kweilin ten or fifteen days, enjoying themselves so much it seemed more that the days were slipping by them than that they were spending the days.

为了飞机票，他们在桂林一住十几天，快乐得不像人在过日子，倒像日子溜过了他们两个人。

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。