snobberies

snobberies

1. A society with plenty of snobberies is like a dog with plenty of fleas: it is not likely to become comatose, Every snobbery demands of its, devotees unceasing efforts, a succession of sacrifices.

一个有许多种势利感的社会就像一只有许多跳蚤的狗，它不太可能变得麻木倦惰。

2. What were good snobberies a hundred years ago are now out of fashion .

一百年以前的好势利感现在已经过时了，

3. For snobberies ebb and flow ; their empire rises, declines, and falls in the most approved historical manner.

因为势利也有盛衰消长，他们的帝国也以最为公认的历史方式兴盛、衰落、消亡。

4. 13-2 Disease-snobbery is only one out of a great multitude of snobberies, of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem.

因疾病而生之势利仅是众多的势利中的一种，在这众多的势利中，有时有这样或那样的势利在人们心目中独尊其位，

5. If, with the Buddhists , we regard all activity in this world of illusion as bad, then we shall condemn all snobberies out of hand.

如果我们和佛教徒一样，认为在这个虚幻的世界上一切行动都是坏事，那么我们就会立即谴责所有的势利感。

6. 13-7 If we regard activity as being in itself a good, then we must count all snobberies as good ; for all provoke activity.

如果我们把行动本身看作是好事，那么我们必须把一切势利感当作好事，因为它们全都能引起行动。

7. Our approval will be given only to such snobberies as excite what we regard as the better activities ;

我们赞成的只能是那些激起我们认为是较好的行动的势利感，

8. Our approval will be given only to such snobberies as excite what we regard as the better activities ;the others we shall either tolerate or detest .

我们赞成的只能是那些激起我们认为是较好的行动的势利感，其余的我们只能或容忍、或憎恶。