It's right to be wrong. Start being wrong and suddenly anything is possible.
正确是错误的。做正确的人只会根植过去,墨守陈规,呆滞迟钝,自鸣得意。for it is more than likely, after he steps down in 2009, that politics in New York will return to their bad, old, shortsighted ways.
因为,大家几乎确信,在2009年他卸任以后,纽约的市政政策又会回到原来墨守陈规,鼠目寸光的那套。There he is. Systematic, uncaring, methodical, conservative and sometimes not quite up to speed.
这那他是一个系统的、被遗忘的、有方法的、墨守陈规的,有时不安分工作的家伙。A couple of days of dutiful consultation would have resulted in a bloodbath and, perhaps, the collapse of the rebel government.
如果墨守陈规,两天的国会咨询足以令班加西遭血洗、叛军政府垮台。The other striking aspect of my return to China is that the Chinese themselves do not appear to conform to stereotypes in, say, Washington .
我此次重返中国发现的另一个令人惊讶的方面是,中国人自己似乎并不像华盛顿所描述的那样墨守陈规。As a result, people eager to participate in the App Store censor themselves, and that hurts innovation and encourages conformity.
结果是原本积极参与软件商店的人们不得不因内容问题而删除自己的软件,这就妨害了创新、鼓励了墨守陈规。How will metropolis elites of the modern society stick in the mud and be willing to live unromantic living?
作为现代社会中坚力量的都市精英岂能墨守陈规、甘于平淡的生活?The rest of us can only content ourselves with silly attempts to change, only to default to our old ways.
我们其余的人只能满足于愚蠢的试图改变,最终只得以墨守陈规,延续我们以往的生活方式。Stanley Milgram: Obedience to Authority Or Just Conformity?
StanleyMilgram:服从权威还是墨守陈规?