西方的

We got a 10-days holiday with the coming of Western's All Saints' Day, I would like to visit a friend in Germany and extricate myself from the recent boring life.

西方的万圣节如期而至，随之而来的是我们很轻松的一段假期，由于前段时间的运气实在是不怎么样，所以决定出去走走，看看在德国的老朋友，顺便也可以散散心。

By degrees the sun disappeared behind the western horizon; but as though to prove the truth of the fanciful ideas in heathen mythology, its indiscreet rays reappeared on the summit of every wave, as if the god of fire had just sunk upon the bosom of Amphitrite, who in vain endeavored to hide her lover beneath her azure mantle.

渐渐地，太阳消失在西方的地平线上了：但象是要证实神话家的幻想似的，尚未收尽的余辉象火焰一般跳动在每一个波浪的浪尖上，似乎告诉人们海神安费德丽蒂把火神拥在怀抱里，她虽然竭力要把她的爱人掩藏在她那蔚蓝的大毯子底下，却始终掩饰不住。

Peng blends the western idea of the naked male body as a carrier of supernatural powers with animist theories, contrasting nakedness and covering, bridging the gap between high and popular culture, and turning the hero of antiquity into a Greek superman dressed up as a dog-god.

彭杂混了传统西方的男性裸体英雄形象及万物有灵的理论，强调出了裸体与穿衣的对比，并打破了高低文化的差异，将古代的英雄人物变成了希腊式超人，并穿著似狗似神的衣服。

ONE way Sri Lanka's government has bolstered its support among the country's ethnic-Sinhalese majority is by stoking anti-Western feelings.

斯里兰卡政府想要获得占多数的僧伽罗族的支持的一个方法就是激起他们的反对西方的情绪。

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Lukashenko said that he would like to see closer relations with the West but that he sympathizes with Russia on two flashpoints that have rocked relations -- the conflict in Georgia and U.S. plans to place antimissile systems in Europe to counter a potential threat from Iran.

在接受《华尔街日报》的采访时，卢卡申科先生说他想要看近一点儿的和西方的关系但是他在震动了关系的两热点上同俄罗斯产生共鸣--冲突在格鲁吉亚和在欧洲实行反导弹系统反对来自伊朗的威胁的美国计划。

From this point, this thesis introduces Arnheim's Gestalt theory, Gombrich's explanation on art history and pictorial representation, and other theories on visual perception and graphic representation, reviews the architectural drawings in China and Western world history, discusses their cultural attributes and the psychological foundation on their origination and evolution, as well as their apparent characters and practical values.

由此出发，本文引入了阿恩海姆的格式塔学说、贡布里希的艺术发展和再现理论及其他有关视觉和图示再现的艺术心理学理论，考察了中国及西方的建筑制图发展历程，说明了各类建筑图像资料的外在形式特征和实用价值，进而探讨了其发生发展的心理学依据和文化属性。

In his book "Quality: A Critical Introduction", John Beckford quotes the example of a western retailer that took almost every wrong step in the book.

John Beckford在他的著作《从批判的角度来学习质量管理》里面，例举了一家西方的零售企业作为案例，该企业几乎犯了所有的该书所归纳的错误。

And truly not the morning sun of heaven Better becomes the grey cheeks of the east, Nor that full star that ushers in the even Doth half that glory to the sober west, As those two mourning eyes become thy face: O, let it then as well beseem thy heart To mourn for me, since mourning doth thee grace, And suit thy pity like in every part.

而的确，无论天上灿烂的朝阳多么配合那东方苍白的面容，或那照耀着黄昏的明星煌煌（它照破了西方的黯淡的天空），都不如你的脸配上那双泪眼。哦，但愿你那颗心也一样为我挂孝吧，既然丧服能使你增妍，愿它和全身一样与悲悯配合。

And truly not the morning sun of heavenBetter becomes the grey cheeks of the east,Nor that full star that ushers in the evenDoth half that glory to the sober west,As those two mourning eyes become thy face:O, let it then as well beseem thy heartTo mourn for me, since mourning doth thee grace,And suit thy pity like in every part.

而的确，无论天上灿烂的朝阳多么配合那东方苍白的面容，或那照耀着黄昏的明星煌煌（它照破了西方的黯淡的天空），都不如你的脸配上那双泪眼。哦，但愿你那颗心也一样为我挂孝吧，既然丧服能使你增妍，愿它和全身一样与悲悯配合。

Explanation: Fading sunlight, a young crescent Moon, and brilliant Venus shared the western sky in this view of 2005's final sunset from the top of Mount Haleakala, on Maui, Hawaii.

说明：这是夏威夷州Maui岛Haleakala山2005年最后的日落。日薄西山，渐渐明亮的新月，和华美闪亮的维纳斯在西方的天幕中争辉。

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。