If Tom had learned anything

如果说汤姆学到了什么的话

To a simple earthly event.

归咎于一个简单的事件

survives even the quantum revolution.

量子革命都没能推翻它

something called the total energy,

设定一个总能量

All right.

故事就讲到这里

That's how he behaves.

因为他的言行举止就是如此

His own motto,

他的座右铭

seems to be a variety of the Hippocratic Oath.

可以看做希波克拉底誓言的一个变种

And, generally speaking, in the Middle Ages

总的来说 在中世纪

or a couple of male authority figures

归咎于一个或几个有权威的男性身上

and in some cases the lack of it,

有时候又嘲弄什么太不布尔乔亚

in which making money was really the only thing that counted.

唯利是图的俗气生活态度