It allows for this map between a symbol, say a spoken word, and any sort of thought we want to use.

语言允许在符号,比如说出的一个词,与我们想要使用的任何想法之间,存在着这种映射关系

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Word of mouth, even, is a sort of good way to find out.

即使是通过口口相传的信息也可以找到好的实习机会。

多样的实习机会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It is a sort of a problematic word.

这是个有疑问的词。

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You could use a sign language thing for "Drink" that looks sort of like the act of drinking but you can't use a sign language word for "Country" that looks like a country, or for "Idea" that looks like an idea.

你可以用看起来像喝这个动作的手语,来表示"喝",但你无法用看起来像国家的手语,来表示"国家",或用看起来像想法的手语来表示"想法"

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So wherever you see '"LORD" in small caps, that's actually the English translation for Yahweh, the proper name, like almost a personal name for God. And then in other places we have this word Elohim, which actually is the word for "gods," a sort of generic term for deities in the plural.

所以你们看到小写的时,其实是耶和华的英文翻译，正确的名字,像是上帝个人的名字,有时候我们用，Elohim一词，这是对,神一词的复数形式的翻译。

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I suppose what I'm really saying is that the word "hermeneutics" wasn't available, and the idea that there ought to be a sort of a systematic study of how we interpret things wasn't really current.

我想说的是“诠释学“这个词,不是一开始就有的，而应该系统地学习,如何解释事物,这种思想也当时也是没有的。

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