狄更斯《双城记》那是最美好的时代,那是最糟糕的时代;那是智慧的年头,那是愚昧的年头;那是信仰的时期,那是怀疑的时期;那是光明的季节,那是黑暗的季节;那是希望的春天,那是失望的冬天;我们全都在直奔天堂,我们全都在直奔相反的方向——简而言之,那时跟现在非常相像,某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好,是最高级的;说它不好,也是最高级的。 That is the worst age in Dickens’ Twins. It is the year of wisdom, the year of ignorance. It is the period of faith, the period of doubt, and the season of light. The dark season; the spring of hope, the winter of hope; the winter of disappointment; all of us heading straight to heaven, all of us heading in the opposite direction - in short, very much like the present, some of the most noisy The authority insists on describing it at the highest level of adjectives. To say it is good, is the most advanced; to say it is not good, but also the most advanced.