来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲 第4集 第4集》
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the sequels to that.如 银河系漫游指南以及其续集 -
There's a robot in those books, Marvin,书中有一个叫马文的机器人 -
who's --depressed, I think is the simple word about it.我想可以用"消极"一词来概括他的特点 -
He sort of--He is very smart.他很聪明 -
He's thought about the universe,对于宇宙万物都有着自己的思考 -
thinks life is pointless and he acts depressed.他认为人生毫无意义 所以行事消极 -
He talks to another robot,他把自己的想法告诉另一个机器人 -
depresses the other robot.后者的情绪也变得低迷 -
The other robot commits suicide.最后自杀了 -
All right.故事就讲到这里 -
Seems natural to ascribe depression to Marvin, the robot."消极"用在机器人身上 似乎再自然不过 -
That's how he behaves.因为他的言行举止就是如此