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Publish or perish是谈到科技论文写作目的时经常引用的一句话。很多人翻译为“发表或死亡”,有时也引申为科学家必须发表论文,否则就要出局。但每次我读到这句话时,感觉与流行的翻译有点差异。
Publish的翻译很明确,即出版或发表,含义明确。
Perish在在线字典中的解释为:http://dictionary.infoplease.com/perish
v.i.
1. to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake;
2. to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished;
3. to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire;
4. to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish;
5. perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
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