来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第3集第3集》

who is rather sluggish because of his great size

因其巨大身躯而日益怠惰的骏马
and needs to be awakened by some gadfly.

需要被牛虻唤醒
Just so in fact

这样看来
the god seems to me to have set me upon the city

上帝让我来到这座城邦
as someone of this sort.

就是让我起到牛虻的作用
I awaken and persuade and reproach each one of you

我被唤醒于是努力说服和斥责你们中的每一位
and I do not stop settling down

而且我永远不会
everywhere upon you the whole day."

停止整日四处走访
So here we have the example

我们有了一个关于苏格拉底的例证
of Socrates telling us not only declaring himself

他不仅仅宣称自己
to be the gift of the god who is brought

拥有神的恩赐
but he is a great benefactor of the city

更是将自己视为对城邦的一大裨益