Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.
与其得出结论说孩子让父母变得幸福或痛苦，Senior 建议我们重新定义幸福：与其将其视为可以由瞬间快乐来衡量的东西，不如将其视为一种过去时的状态。
There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer being clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining.
对于首次参赛者气喘吁吁地冲过终点线而受到掌声欢呼，与顶尖人才大放异彩所带来的喜悦一样多。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。