So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism," Newman wrote, "that I am tempted to define 'journalism' as 'a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are'.
纽曼写道："如此之少的作者拥有足够的头脑或文学天赋来在新闻业中维持自己的地位，以至于我忍不住想把‘新闻业’定义为‘由不被阅读的作家用来蔑视那些被阅读的作家的术语’。
So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism," Newman wrote, "that I am tempted to define 'journalism' as 'a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are'.
纽曼写道："如此之少的作者拥有足够的头脑或文学天赋来在新闻业中维持自己的地位，以至于我忍不住想把‘新闻业’定义为‘由不被阅读的作家用来蔑视那些被阅读的作家的术语’。
It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.
对于作家来说，成为记者是可鄙的。
Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.
作家们可能会被诱惑进入新闻业。
Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.
并非所有作家都擅长新闻写作。
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。