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1·The early workers in relativistic theory were very much impressed by the symmetry between space and time and wanted to cling to it— to hold onto it at all costs.

早期的相对论工作者对空间和时间的这种对称性的印象颇为深刻，并试图坚定地坚持这一点——不惜一切代价地去捍卫它。

2·The truth is, we can't have anyone, when we can't even cling on to our changing selves, while we cling helplessly to clinging itself, to the idea that the beloved is someone to have and to hold.

真相是我们无法拥有任何人在我们尚不能接受改变的自己，同时无助的依赖于拥有本身以及认为爱人就是那个需要拥有和抱住的人。

3·They know they are losing the fight, but cling to the hope they can hold out.

他们知道他们正在失去这场战斗，却死死抓住他们能够坚持的希望。

4·I am learning that I must free one I love, for if I clutch or cling, try to control, I lose what I try to hold.

我学到，我必须让我所爱的人自由，因为如果我抓住不放，想要控制，结果我将失去本想守住的。