This is Barth's effort to enclose the silence into something readable, to contain that impossibility in the structure of the story.

这是巴斯想把沉默嵌套到某些可阅读的的，在故事的结构中包含一些不可能的努力。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There are two possible ways of reacting to what deconstruction calls "undecidability," that is to say the impossibility of our really being able to form a grounded opinion about anything.

对解构主义所说的“不可判定性“可以有两种反应,也就是说，我们实在无法,也不能够对任何事物有任何根本的看法。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It's an amazing passage because in a lot of ways, I think, Milton is actually directly enacting for us, the reader, the impossibility of such sweet forgetfulness.

我认为这段诗在很多方面都是令人惊叹的，弥尔顿事实上在直接为我们读者上演着，取得甜美遗忘的不可能。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But it doesn't jump out at us, at least, that that should be an impossibility.

但我们也不该否认，这是有可能的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Let me say, I am by no means convinced that the idea for the philosopher-king is an impossibility or is intended as a kind of absurdity.

我要声明，我决不采信,哲学家国王概念,不可能的说法,或说那是种荒谬的说法。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This one-day collapse in stock prices was a virtual impossibility.

股价一天之内有如此程度的暴跌,本来是根本不可能的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选