宗教仪式

But,if this world is not merely a bad joke,life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars,and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries,if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humor born of indigestion,or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us,if,in a word,beauty means something,yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning if we glimpse the unutterable,it is unwise to try to utter it,nor should we seek to inverst with significance that which we cannot grasp.

但是，如果这个世界不只是一场恶作剧的话，如果生命不只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪的话，如果存在的不只是神秘的宗教仪式传出的一阵空虚的笑声的话，如果对某种玄妙的事物的暗示不是由于消化不良而引起的不好情绪，或者不是一个魔鬼送来嘲笑我们并使我们发狂的怪念头的话，一句话，如果美有某种意义的话，我们千万不要设法去阐明它的意义。如果我们瞥见难以言传的东西，企图用语言把它表达出来是不明智的。我们也不应该设法给我们所不理解的事物赋予意义。

But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars, and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries, if these intimations of something behind and beyond are not evil humor born of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us, if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interrupt the meaning.

但是，如果这个世界不只是一场恶作剧的话，如果生命不只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪的话，如果存在不只是神秘宗教仪式付出的一阵空虚的笑声的话，如果对某种玄妙的事物的暗示不是由于消化不良而引起的不好情绪，或者不是一种魔鬼送来嘲笑我们并使我们发狂的怪念头的话，一句话，如果美有某种意义的话，我们千万不要设法去阐明它的意义。

But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars, and existence and empty laugh braying across the mysteries, if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humor born of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us, if in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.

但是，如果这个世界不只是一场恶作剧的话，如果生命不只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪的话，如果存在不只是神秘的宗教仪式传出的一阵空虚的笑声的话，如果对某种玄妙的事物的暗示不是由于消化不良而引起的不好情绪，或者不是一种魔鬼送来嘲笑我们并使我们发狂的怪念头的话，一句话，如果美有某种意义的话，我们千万不要设法去阐明它的意义。

Glimpsed, and in passing leaves an indefinable longing and regret. But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars, and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries, if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humourborn of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us, if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.

但是，如果这个世界不只是一场恶作剧的话，如果生命不只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪的话，如果存在不只是神秘的宗教仪式传出的一阵空虚的笑声的话，如果对某种玄妙的事物的暗示不是由于消化不良而引起的不好情绪，或者不是一种魔鬼送来嘲笑我们并使我们发狂的怪念头的话，一句话，如果美有某种意义的话，我们千万不要设法去阐明它的意义。

In pre-Christian times, they were known as "good advice" and were often used in religious ceremonies.

在前基督教时代，曲奇饼干被看作是&good advice&而经常用在宗教仪式上。

One of the two pulpits or raised stands in early Christian churches from which parts of the service were chanted or read .

讲道台，读经台早期基督教堂中两个读经台或高台的一个，在那里举行部分宗教仪式中的唱诗和颂读

This atonement, which consisted chiefly in severe fasts and public, humiliating practices, was accompanied by various religious ceremonies under the strict supervision of the Church; it included four distinct stations or classes of penitents and at times lasted from fifteen to twenty years.

这赎罪，其中包括严重的主要是在斋戒和公众，羞辱的做法，伴随著各种宗教仪式下，严格监督的教会；它包括四个不同的站或类别的penitents ，有时长达十五年至二十年。

In a chaotic world, ruled by the Overlords of Chaos, you were summoned by the means of a dark ritual to fight for one of them.

在一个混乱的世界里，根据 Overlords of Chaos 的规则，你通过一种黑暗宗教仪式被召集为他们之一进行战斗。

The familiar and reassuring kinds of written documentation found in European societies of equivalent chronological periods do not exist, and the forms of tribal record preservation available—oral history, tales, mnemonic devices, and religious rituals strike university-trained academics as inexact, unreliable, and suspect.

那些记录同时代欧洲历史的人们熟悉的文本记录根本找不到，然而各种形式的记载土著文化部落的记录，包括口传历史，故事，记忆术和宗教仪式，却被拥有高学历的学者认为不确实，不可靠，值得怀疑。

This neglect of religious observances was repugnant to her early traditions.

忽视宗教仪式是违反她童年时期的教养的。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失