the crackpot is motivated in the first way. he extols some shabby idea which he has conceived for the purpose not really of clarifying the world to himself, but of shaking it.
狂人们抱有第一种动机,他提出并宣扬某个蹩脚的观念,但其实他并不想用它来弄清这个世界,而是想用它来动摇这个世界。
to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers, on your side of the path.
所有身上有裂纹的朋友,祝你们天天快乐,每天不要忘记去闻闻你身边的花香。
what if we just told him to stop talking about his crackpot ideas in class.
教授说别在上课时讲那些离题的内容?我想他不会在意的啦!
is the man a crackpot or a genius?
我眼前的这个男人到底是疯子还是天才?
「well, it does sound like we're dealing with a crackpot here, 」 i said.
「听上去,我们是在和一个疯子打交道。」我说。
but they were also the crackpot idealist, even the blind overly self-assured person.
但他们是过于空幻的理想主义者,甚至是带着眼罩的自以为是者。
various agricultural schemes were floated, including, in the 1820s, a crackpot colonisation of hawaii.
众多农业计划浮出水面,其中包括1820年代殖民夏威夷的奇思异想。
depending on your point of view, he was either a crackpot or the american tolstoy, who had turned silence itself into his most eloquent work of art.
按照不同的观点看来,他要么是个疯子,要么是美国的托尔斯泰,把沉默本身变成了他最有力的艺术作品。有些人认为他在以别的笔名出版。
after i heard these groundless talk , crackpot to her .
我听了这些风言风语后,对她想入非非。
that crackpot thinks his neighbors are aliens.
那位疯子认为他的邻居是外星人。 。
only a crackpot would undertake the task of becoming a man of knowledge of his own accord.
只有疯子才会心甘情愿地承担成为一个智者的责任。
in person, its expanse of red indian sandstone and wavy ribbons of glass is beautiful, and not crackpot at all.
置身其中,印度红砂巖的宽阔区域和波浪状的玻璃丝带完美出色,一点也不会让人想入非非。
well, greene, our crackpot finally flipped his lid.
格林,我们的这位疯子终于自食其果了。
to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers.
致我的身残的朋友们:快乐一天,记得去闻那花香!
the upside of delayed publication, if there is one, is that his arguments seem more compelling now - and people are less likely to view him as a crackpot counter-culturalist.
如果非得说他延迟出版该书的好处,那便是他的观点现在看起来是如此的引人注目,使人有种逼迫感,而且人们也不大可能再把洛西克夫视为一个反主流文化的怪人。
so who is becker? a far out crackpot or wild conspiracy theorist?
那么谁是贝克尔?一个极不寻常的疯子或狂野的阴谋论者?