The early workers in relativistic theory were very much impressed by the symmetry between space and time and wanted to cling to it— to hold onto it at all costs.

早期的相对论工作者对空间和时间的这种对称性的印象颇为深刻，并试图坚定地坚持这一点——不惜一切代价地去捍卫它。

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The truth is, we can't have anyone, when we can't even cling on to our changing selves, while we cling helplessly to clinging itself, to the idea that the beloved is someone to have and to hold.

真相是我们无法拥有任何人在我们尚不能接受改变的自己，同时无助的依赖于拥有本身以及认为爱人就是那个需要拥有和抱住的人。

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They know they are losing the fight, but cling to the hope they can hold out.

他们知道他们正在失去这场战斗，却死死抓住他们能够坚持的希望。

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Not surprising, then, that Britain's government should grab hold of the word and cling to it in the buffeting the coalition has had since the budget on June 22nd proposed higher taxes and even sharper spending cuts.

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India's political families may come in all shapes and affiliations, but many have one thing in common: Once power brings them an official residence, they cling to it like a Ganges crocodile to a bather's leg - sometimes for decades after they cease to hold office.

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