使用联网电脑上传资料的大多数人 都没有意识他们正在做的事情的意义

Humans are unique in their capacity to not only do sth1. and do sth2.

人类的能力是独一无二的

他们不仅能做某物1，同时能做某物2

Humans are unique in their capacity

to not only make tools but then turn around

and use them to create superfluous material goods 人类的能力是独一无二的

他们不仅制造了工具，而且反过来用工具创造了大量的物质商品

For all the possibilities of sth1, most people are still stuck in sth2.

尽管某物1（提供了）多种可能性 大多数人仍旧沉浸于某物2当中

For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode. 尽管我们的文化机器有很多的可能性（选择） 大多数人仍旧沉浸于下载模式当中

What counts as meaningful sth1? My definition（answer） revolves around the concept of sth2.

什么才是真正有意义上某物1？

我的定义（答案）是围绕着某物2的概念的

What counts as meaningful uploading?

My definition revolves around the concept of \什么才是真正有意义的上传？

我的定义是围绕着“粘度”的概念（展开的）

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Doing sth. is to strip oneself of sth2.

做某事1会剥夺一个人某物2

Failing to move beyond downloading

is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity. 未能够跳出下载（的影响）

会剥夺某人关于人类的一个定义成分

One reason for the persistence of sth. is that …

某物持续存在的一个理由是…

One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production

is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium

生产的金字塔模式持续存在的一个原因，是因为在过去的半个世纪， 大多数的世界媒体文化都只用一个媒体来定义

This tendency in A

has long been evident B too.

存在于A的这种趋势 一直以来在B中也非常明显

This tendency in the natural sciences

has long been evident in the social sciences too.

自然科学中的这种趋势，一直以来在社会科学当中也非常明显

The bewildering variety of A might all be considered B.

各种各样的A也许都可以认为是B

The bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection.

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五花八门的人类求偶意识

也许都可以认为是性选择的形式

To do sth1.

might enable us to understand how sth2. Arose

做某事1也许能使我们理解 某事2是如何出现的

To filter out what is unique from what is shared

might enable us to understand how complex cultural behavior arose 在我们公认的（事物）中过滤出独特的（事物） 也许能使我们理解复杂的文化行为是如何产生的

A comparative study of A published online today supplies an evident.

一项当今发布在网络上的关于A的 对比研究提供了一个证据

A comparative study of linguistic traits

published online today supplies a reality check.

一项当今发布在网络上的，关于语言的特征的对比研究 提供了一种现实检验

Sth has not been borne out by the analysis

某物还没有得到分析的证实

Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis. 真两种结构（模型）都没有获得分析的证实

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