For a shirt verminously busy Yon soldier tore from his throat, with oaths Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.

衬衫上满是虫,士兵用诅咒撕开他的喉咙,上帝可能会退缩而不是虱子。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

I want to conclude with problems, which may sound kind of negative but this is--I don't shrink from negativism.

我想以保险业的缺陷作为本课总结,它可能听起来有点否定意味,但这是,我并不讨厌否定

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Satan and the fallen angels are entering the magnificent structureof Pandemonium, and at one instant all of the angels shrink in order to fit in to the building, however big it is.

撒旦和堕落天使们正在进入,混战地狱绝妙的建筑中去，突然，所有的天使们都缩小了身形,以来进入那栋建筑中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He notes: When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or arm and when it does fall we feel it in some measure and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.

他说过，当我们看到有人要打,别一个人的腿或手臂，我们会不由自主的畏缩，手脚拢起来,当这一下打下来，某种程度上来说,我们会感受到和被打者一样的疼痛。

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