炼金术士

It speaks of early alchemists Zosimus and Isis and of course go back to Sumerian gods and myths.

它提到了早期的炼金术士佐西玛和伊希斯，当然也回到苏美尔的众神和神话中去。

The last bubble of his happiness had burst, with a whiz and a whir, and I rushed away from the gold-maker's house.

他的幸福的最后泡沫现在炸碎了！呼--嘘--嘘！去吧！我从这位炼金术士的家里走出去了。

Could I, as I set them free from my alchemical world, give them this book?

当我把他们从我这炼金术士般的世界中释放出去的时候，我该把这本书送给他们吗？

In the past, he's gifted his favorite book, The Alchemist, by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho.

过去他送的都是自己特别喜欢的书，《炼金术士》，作者是巴西人Paulo Coelho。

A book that changed me was: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; such a great read. I thoroughly recommend it.

一本改变我的书：Paulo Coelho写的《炼金术士》，一本很棒的书，完全值得一读。

In so far as these writings contain references to the devices and methods of experimental chemistry, these earl alchemists allude to just such practical operations as we have seen in the Egyptian papyri from Thebes, although they are rarely so definite and clear as the latter descriptions and directions, and are mingled with a confused mass of obscure allegorical narratives and descriptions.

至于这些著作含有提到发明物和实验化学的方法，这些早期的炼金术士提到的就是这种实际运用，如同我们已经在来自底比斯papyri看到的那样，虽然它们是与后来的描述和指导罕有的明确和清晰，而是混合令人困惑不解大量晦涩的寓言叙述和描述。

Alchemists made resultless efforts to transform one metal into another.

炼金术士企图把一种金属变成另一金属，这完全是徒劳的。

Alchemists made resultless efforts to transform one metal into another.

炼金术士试图把一种金属变为另一种金属，这完全是徒劳。

He seems an alchemist, scooping out the true meaning of the building continuously, creating concise beauty.

他像是一位炼金术士，不断挖掘建筑的真谛，创造简约的美。

As the Timaeus of Plato appears to have furnished the more fundamental concepts which dominated the ideas of matter and its changes to the early and later alchemists, it will be of help in understanding some of these ideas if this work is explained in some detail.

由于柏拉图似乎提出了许多基本概念，这些概念局限于物质思想，而向早期和后来的炼金术士转变，所以它有助于理解这些想法的其中一些，假如这个工作被详细解释的话。

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。