事实上, 在当代英语里, “A is n times lagrer than B”与“A is n times as large as B”在意义上是完全一样的。A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language中的一个例子足以说明本文观点的正确性:Five times as many people came to the demonstration as (did) last time.=Five times more peo...
That idea has come under attack in the last few years. Passion is increasingly labeled as mere post hoc(事后的) storytelling, an empty cliché(老生常谈)that makes for a good narrative(激情越来越被标签为事后归因的故事,是为了讲出好故事而说的空洞套话。). Cal Newport, an assistant professor a...