来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》

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  as the "Infinite use of finite media."
  将之定义为"有限域的无限应用"
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  So, here's the question.
  那么 问题就来了
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  Your vocabulary is finite.
  你的词汇量是有限的
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  There are just so many words.
  就只有那么多的词
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  You have to learn them one by one,
  你必须一个个的去学习这些词
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  but you could produce a virtual infinity of sentences.
  但你却可以创造出实际上无限的句子
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  How can you do that?
  你是如何做到的呢
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  How can you go from a finite list of symbols
  你如何使有限的符号
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  to an infinite number of sentences?
  变成无限的句子
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  And the answer is you have a combinatorial system.
  答案便是 你有一个组合系统
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  Now, language is not the only thing in culture or nature
  语言并不是在文化或自然中
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  that has this sort of combinatorial system.
  唯一拥有这种组合系统的事物