They served us coffee in these silly little cups.

【silly，silliness】他们竟用这种不实用的小杯子给我们上咖啡。

Let's face it - nothing screams privilege like uncomfortable, luxurious and impractical clothing.

让我们面对现实吧——没有什么比不舒服、奢华和不实用的衣服更彰显特权了。

It isn't always practical and it also requires a lot of trust and humility.

它并不总是实用的，且还需要量的信任和谦逊。

And the final helpful, not-so-helpful tip, which might shock some of you, is: Just count your calories!

最后一个有帮助但不太实用的建议可会让你们中的一些人感震惊，那就是：计算卡路里！

Extension courses at the university aren't always practical, however; the same is true for community colleges.

， 学的扩展课程并不总是实用的；社区学院是如此。

Exactly, so can you think of a subject that is very theoretical, but not very practical?

- 没错，那么你一个非常理论化但不太实用的主题吗？

I found pens impractical, it can be messy, it's not as good as a ballpoint pen, it's expensive.

我发现钢笔不实用、写出来的字很乱，不如圆珠笔好用，且很贵。

The other 10 is for you to spend on something fun and totally frivolous, like a mink vest or a diamond frisbee.

另外一万块是给你的去买有趣的 完全不实用的\344\270\234西就好，比如一件貂皮衣 或是一个钻石飞盘。

Wright was criticized for his impractical houses with leaky flat roofs, but his houses also had great virtues.

赖特因其平屋顶漏水的不实用房屋受批评，但他的房屋有很的优点。

At that time many women dressed in voluminous skirts with lots of slips underneath and ruffles and that was not practical on a bicycle.

当时许多女性穿着宽松的裙子，裙子下面有很多衬裙和褶边，这在自行车上是不实用的。

In 1980s, no one knew how to detect a change that small and most astronomers concluded that this so-called “transit method” was “not practical as a primary detection technique”.

在20世纪80年代，没有人知道如何探测微小的变化，多数天文学家得出结论，这种所谓的“凌日法”是“不实用的主要探测技术”。

'I prefer those which were not practical, ' confessed the doctor, with a smile. 'Consider for example the Tinctura Physicorum, which neither Pope nor Emperor could buy with all his wealth.

“我更喜欢那些不实用的东西，”医生笑着承认道。 '例如，考虑一下 Tinctura Physicorum，教皇和皇帝都无法用他的全部财富购买。

Some people are taking their friends shopping with them and buying their Christmas presents in the sales-a practical but unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want.

一些人带着他们的朋友去购物，在商店里买他们的圣诞礼物——一种实用但不浪漫的方式来确保你得你真正要的礼物。

Together with a team of chemists, lots of testing and a chunk of venture capital later, I spent more than two years on building this website to offer consumers practical advice on what to buy and not to buy.

后来，我和一个化学家团队、量测试和量风险投资一起，花了两年多时间建立了这个网站，为消费者提供关于买什么和不买什么的实用建议。