The victory was mine, I still believe, but when I made to take trophy, winded Helen shook her head, declaring, "I have the curse."

我依然相信，胜利属于我，但是我刚要，摘得战利品时，海伦气喘吁吁地摇了摇头，说道：,我被诅咒了“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Yeats, in "Adam's Curse," regrets that the beautiful is something to be labored for and he wants to conceal that labor.

他在亚当的诅咒中后悔地称,这种美值得为之劳累,他想隐藏这种劳累。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Dean had dispatched the occupant of the apartment to the kitchen probably to make coffee while he proceeded with his love problems for to him sex was the one and only holy and important thing in life although he had to sweat and curse to make a living and so on.

安已经把这公寓的人发配到厨房了,也许去煮咖啡，好让他继续进行他的爱事,因为对他来说性是生活中仅有的一桩神圣而重要的事,尽管这样他得边流汗边咒骂来活着。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You could go to Yeats's poem "Adam's Curse" to see the poet talking about this aesthetic ideal.

叶芝在他的诗歌亚当的诅咒里,谈论了他这一美学理想。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选