Vocabulary

并排对照——将两个文本或事物并列展示以便比较

"He doesn’t accuse anyone of anything; he simply posts side-by-side comparisons, leaving it to the readers to decide."

重大改组、震荡式变革

"Micro-drama having almost killed the traditional film industry in China, film itself is now undergoing a major shake-up."

挪用、擅自占用（他人成果）

"For decades, Chinese intellectuals have appropriated the work of foreign academics and journalists."

弥合差距——消除两种事物之间的隔阂或落差

"Now, AI has bridged that information gap."

挽回、抢救（声誉等）

"Suing LF will not salvage her reputation, but the way in which the case is resolved will set a precedent."

孤立个案——与更大趋势无关的单独事件

"Zhong’s is not an isolated case."

开先例——确立可供日后援引的判例或惯例

"Suing LF will not salvage her reputation, but the way in which the case is resolved will set a precedent."

恋爱诈骗——以建立感情关系为手段骗取钱财的骗局

"Whenever people tell her that her AI boyfriend is a delusion, she replies that at least he won’t drug-rape her, share intimate films with his bros, post ‘revenge porn’, or romance-scam her for money like the notorious Yahoo Boys."

观念艺术——以理念而非技艺或审美对象为核心的艺术形式

"He thinks nothing of exploiting a celebrity ex-girlfriend, standing up Warren Buffett or spending a few million dollars on a banana (which was also a piece of conceptual art by Maurizio Cattelan) and eating it."

产能过剩——生产能力超过市场需求的状况

"Chinese industrial overcapacity is already pushing prices down to the point of deflation."

重申、反复强调

"Zhong denied plagiarism (admitting only that she was occasionally inspired by others) and reiterated that ‘we live in an age that demands an apology for greatness,’ which further incensed her critics."

激怒、使愤怒（动词）

"Zhong denied plagiarism (admitting only that she was occasionally inspired by others) and reiterated that ‘we live in an age that demands an apology for greatness,’ which further incensed her critics."

雅虎男孩——尼日利亚以网络交友诈骗（尤其杀猪盘）著称的犯罪群体

"Whenever people tell her that her AI boyfriend is a delusion, she replies that at least he won’t drug-rape her, share intimate films with his bros, post ‘revenge porn’, or romance-scam her for money like the notorious Yahoo Boys."

老花眼——中老年因晶状体弹性下降导致的近距离视力衰退

"Physical books are not ideal for people with presbyopia, and sometimes the text is just too small."

合规的、符合规定的

"AI giants such as Doubao by ByteDance, Qwen by Alibaba and Yuanbao by Tencent have all stopped providing AI companionship service to users until their products can be made fully compliant with the new regulations."

奇点——技术奇点，指人工智能超越人类智能、技术发展失控且不可预测的临界时刻

"In the last two years, my friends in the Chinese artificial intelligence industry have stopped talking about the singularity."

直升机父母——过度介入子女生活与学业的家长

"Helicopter parents don’t know where to start when it comes to their children’s education."

拟人化的——赋予非人事物以人的形态或情感

"On 10 April, five government departments – the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation – jointly issued their ‘Interim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Artificial Intelligence Interactive Services’, which came into force on 15 July."

……是明智的、宜于——（固定结构）'it would be as well to do sth'

"From now on, though, it would be as well to hide the nastier side of human nature: don’t curse at your chatbot and never kick your robot."

（作品等）最终问世、得以出版面世

"Not to mention that sometimes the translation never sees the light of day."

自命不凡、狂妄自信的——过于自信而显得傲慢

"Chinese netizens weren’t going to allow her to be so cocky."

（此处指佛罗伦萨为组建民兵而设立的）专门行政机构/官职体系

"Far better to establish a new magistracy with ‘full authority and power’ to enlist men from Florentine territory, at least 10,000 of them."

（在某领域）领跑、占据领先地位、主导潮流

"…another (Giliberto Spagnolo) came from Spain, a country making the running in the use of small arms on the battlefield."

不符合骑士精神的；有失骑士风范的（此处指火器被时人视为违背骑士作战伦理的卑劣武器）

"In art and literature, they were labelled the Devil’s work, and were perceived as fundamentally unchivalrous."

推动力；促进因素（此处指外国军事干预为民兵发展提供了新的动力）

"Militias were not new but, by the 1490s, large-scale foreign military intervention on the Italian peninsula was giving a new impetus to their development…"

隐蔽携带（武器）；此处指转轮枪技术使枪支可预先装填、随时待发，从而能被隐藏携带

"It is at court that wheellock guns – a groundbreaking technology that allowed concealed carry – first leave traces."

火绳枪（以点燃的火绳引燃火药击发的早期火器机构）

"The standard military firearm of this period, the matchlock, was fired by means of a lighted cord (the match) that ignited the powder when the gun was triggered."

（装饰或艺术中的）母题、基本图案（此处指枪支装饰上反复出现的狩猎、战役、古代神话等主题图案）

"Designs echoed imagery common to the court: hunting scenes, battles, motifs from ancient history and myth, or biblical figures like Judith."

转轮枪（一种以发条驱动钢轮摩擦燧石点火的早期火器机构，可预装待发，便于隐蔽携带）

"It is at court that wheellock guns – a groundbreaking technology that allowed concealed carry – first leave traces."

图像志；肖像象征体系（此处指宫廷高档武器装饰所用的整套视觉符号）

"They were also about establishing an acceptable social image for the firearm, just as the iconography of luxury weapons had done at court."

霸权；主导权（此处指法国与西班牙争夺对意大利半岛的控制权）

"The backdrop to these developments was the decades of war in which France and Spain contended for hegemony on the Italian Peninsula."

（尤指文艺作品中）刀光剑影的、侠气张扬的、浮夸冒险的（此处形容切利尼回忆录的张扬冒险风格）

"Only in edgier texts, like the swashbuckling memoirs of the goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, did anyone hint that guns were fun."

附带条件；告诫性限制条款（此处指持枪许可证上“不得在教堂、节庆或集市携带”的标准限制）

"It came with the standard caveat that the weapon must not be carried in churches, at festivals or in markets."

忧郁气质；性情抑郁（此处指切利尼自述其“天生忧郁的性情”）

"…just as relevant is Cellini’s explanation that, by getting him out into the fresh air to go hunting, and combating his ‘naturally melancholy disposition’, his gun ‘brought me more gain than loss’."

（枪械）走火、哑火、意外击发

"These were busy environments where an accidental misfire had higher risks than out in the countryside…"

火绳枪手（装备 arquebus 长管火绳枪的士兵）

"By the turn of the century, Spanish arquebusiers – named for the long, wooden-stocked gun with which they were armed – were doing precisely that on the battlefields of Italy."

与……相悖；与……背道而驰

"Such appreciation, however, ran counter to the dominant image of guns in the period’s literature."

属于不良之辈；是坏人（此处指窝藏“形迹不良的流亡者”）

"Antonio Maria was further accused of ‘continually keeping in his house exiled men of a bad sort, who go out killing on the streets’…"

二手的；从他人处转购的（此处指从士兵处转购的枪支）

"These calculations concern militia service, however, and other people may have bought guns second-hand from soldiers, or won them via gambling."

自我吹嘘的；自我抬高的

"This is confirmed in the account of Benvenuto Cellini, whose self-aggrandising narrative of his participation in the Italian Wars includes a comment he made to a companion…"

莫里恩头盔（16-17世纪步兵所戴的带脊高顶钢盔）

"…records of the defensive provisions in Ferrara of 1552 (when the city was likewise preparing for a possible siege) show that, out of 520 households equipped with armour, pikes, arquebuses and morions, more than half (270) had a gun."

拦路强盗（尤指骑马在公路上抢劫旅人的劫匪）

"More commonly, they were used to threaten: the ideal outcome for the highwayman who shouts: ‘Your money or your life!’ is to ride away with the money without firing a shot."

触犯（法律/当局）；与……发生冲突；惹上麻烦

"Girolamo di Filippo Bonciani and Francesco di Piero Serragli, for example, fell foul of the law after an arquebus was found under the straw of their former stable."

死后财产清单（此处指1492年洛伦佐去世后清点其遗产时列出的物品清单，其中记载了他拥有的五支便携火器）

"In fact, however, Lorenzo ‘the Magnificent’ owned five portable firearms, which are listed in his 1492 postmortem inventory."

（家族间的）血仇、世仇报复

"In turn, their ready availability also made them accessible for use by bandits, during vendettas and indeed for political violence."

瘟疫般的；致命的；此处借阿里奥斯托诗句指火器是“污秽而疫病般”的发明

"Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando Furioso (1532) described guns as a ‘foul and pestilent discovery’…"