To watch the moon move inflexibly higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations become aware of the vast distance of space, the immensity of the earth and the huge improbability of our own existence.

He never gave reasons for this persistent refusal, but contented himself by resolutely and inflexibly adhering to his determination.

他从来没有说明他一再拒绝这样做的理由究竟是什么，他只是坚决而毫不动摇地固执己见。

" Nay, madame, I pray you pardon this little traitor. I promise you that to make up for her want of loyalty, I will be most inflexibly severe;"

“夫人，我求您饶恕她这一次小小的错误吧，”维尔福说，“我答应您，我一定尽我的职责，对罪犯严惩不贷。”

The culture of China's traditional Wushu differs from that of the Olympic Games. Both can live harmoniously but can never be mixed inflexibly.

中国传统武术文化和奥运文化属于两种不同的事物，两者可以和谐共处，但不能机械混合。

and soon afterwards got up and walked about the room. Her figure was elegant, and she walked well;--but Darcy, at whom it was all aimed, was still inflexibly.

不大一会儿工夫，她就站起身来，在房间里踱来踱去，故意在达西面前卖弄她优美的体态和矫健的步伐，只可惜达西只顾在那里一心一意地看书，因此她只落得枉费心机。

It is real prayer, and not mechanical repetition.

这是真正的祈祷，不是机械的重复。

A few weeks later, I talked to the Gawker journalist.

几周之后我联系过那个Gawker网的记者。

NYU Local editor and Gawker writer Myles Tanzer closes us out for the year with this one, which has been the cause of some discussion on this very site recently.

纽约大学本地编辑和掴客写手迈尔斯谭泽用这个词来结束我们今年的词选，这引发了本站最近不少讨论。

It had a hiatus or two along the way, with Nick Denton, the Gawker founder, stepping in to write the blog at one point.

这段时间里它曾经中断过一两次，导致Gawker的创始人尼克·丹顿（Nick Denton）一度都要介入为它写博客。

We're simply here to facilitatethe free flow of information from a place which was previously overlooked,' a representative told website Gawker.

该组织的一个代表告诉Gawker网站说：“我们的存在只是为了让先前被忽略的某个地方的信息流通更加自由。”

Gawker jam is a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to gawk, they may be staring at the wheel in an unthinking way, not even hearing the warning horns behind their cars.

发呆堵车指驾车人把车速减下来发呆导致的交通堵塞，他们可能正出神地盯着方向盘，甚至都没有听到车后警示的喇叭声。

Able-bodied people standing on the downward escalator are in effect robbing the people behind them of time, says Hamilton Nolan, who writes for online forum Gawker and regularly uses the New York subway.

纽约地铁的常旅客汉密尔顿诺兰在网上论坛高客网上写道：身强力壮的人乘坐下行电梯实际上是浪费了身后人们的时间。

The news about Mr. Thiel funding the suit against Gawker broke just as the previous contretemps about Silicon Valley and the media-how Facebook shapes the news that its users see, sparked by a story in Gizmodo, another Gawker property-was dying down.

蒂尔资助诉讼Gawker案件一事爆出时，此前一场硅谷与媒体关系的争论正在逐渐平息——这场争论是由Gawker旗下的另一个网站Gizmodo的报道挑起的，内容是Facebook是如何操纵用户看到的新闻。

He secretly financed a suit brought by the wrestler Hulk Hogan against Valleywag's parent, Gawker Media, which has resulted in$ 140 million in damages. Gawker is appealing.

他秘密资助了一场诉讼，由摔跤运动员哈尔克·霍根（Hulk Hogan）诉讼Valleywag的母公司Gawker传媒，最后Gawker被判决赔偿1.4亿美元的损失费。

For Mr. Thiel, taking action against Gawker may be a win.

对于蒂尔来说，采取行动反对Gawker可能是一着好棋。

Dan Lyons, an author who was briefly a Valleywag writer, said what Mr. Thiel did "sets a scary precedent," but "my guess is that most people hate Gawker as much as he does, so he probably ends up looking like a hero among his own crowd."

曾经短暂为Valleywag撰稿的丹·里昂斯（Dan Lyons）说，蒂尔的确“树立了一个可怕的先例，”但是“我猜大多数人和他一样憎恨Gawker，所以最后他可能会在自己的圈子里被视为英雄。”

The latest from Gawker: Eva Longoria Says Star-Struck Apple Employees Stole Her Information.

最新的一篇相关报道来自明星八卦网站Gawker：《伊娃o朗格利亚称苹果“追星族”员工盗窃了她的个人信息。》（Eva Longoria Says Star-Struck Apple Employees Stole Her Information）

Gawker fingered a mysterious rash breakout at a high school in Hollywood and other parts of Florida which hazmat and disease control teams still can't explain as further proof that zombies are taking over.

在好莱坞的一所高中和佛罗里达州的其他地方还发生的一桩离奇皮疹事件，民众纷纷指责危险物品及疾病处理队对此并不能做出解释，并进一步证明说僵尸已经正接管世界。

John Cook, executive editor of Gawker Media, who helped put Valleywag to rest last year, said the site "didn't play the access game."

Gawker传媒的总编约翰·库克（John Cook）去年协助关闭了Valleywag，他说，这个网站“不玩信息渠道的游戏。”

Valleywag was born in 2006, an arm of Gawker's then-expanding empire of blogs, and it died last winter.

Valleywag诞生于2006年，当时Gawker正在扩张一个博客帝国，Valleywag是其中的一员，它于去年冬天倒闭。

The reality is that Gawker and sites such as Mail Online, drawn from the UK tabloid tradition, face being hoist by their own petard.

现实是Gawker及脱胎于英国小报传统的Mail Online这类网站正面临自食其果的窘境。