I had not very much to say. It was a record of hard work and of little adventure; of experiments in this direction and in that; of the gradual acquisition of the knowledge of books and of men.

我没有太多的事好说。我的生活只不过是每日辛勤工，没有什么奇闻艳遇。我在不同方向进行了摸索试验；我逐渐积累了不少书本知识和人情世故。

He was, above all, a man who experimented: who despised the prejudice and book learning of the Aristotelians, who put his questions to nature instead of to the ancients, and who drew his conclusions fearlessly.

首先是个实验工者，亚里士多德学派的偏见和空洞的书本知识，向自然界而不是向古人提出问题，并大胆地得出结论。

He was, above all, a man who experimented: who despised the prejudices and book learning of the Aristotelians, who put his questions to nature instead of to the ancients, and who drew his conclusions fearlessly.

首先是个实验工者，亚里士多德学派的偏见和空洞的书本知识。向自然界而不是向古人提出问题，并大胆地得出结论。

In these accomplishments the twins excelled, and they were equally outstanding in their notorious inability to learn anything contained between the covers of books.

这对孪生兄弟在这些方精通，但们学习书本知识的无能也是出众的。

And there his book knowledge stopped.

的书本知识就只这些。

I would say " book learning" in general.

我通常会说“书本知识”。

He also argued that book learning is of little use when treating patients.

还主张，在治疗病人时，书本知识用处不大。

David, you had first crack at book knowledge, and you gave us crumbs.

戴维，你是第一个接触书本知识的人，却只给我们透露了一点皮毛。

Cordero Patterson, I don't know whether he's unbelievably smart on book smart wise or not.

Cordero Patterson，我不确定在书本知识方是否极其聪明。

Well, it's difficult because when I'm speaking to someone as highly educated as you, all that, the weight of that massive book learning, I think you may have, as is typical of you, over-intellectualised this thing.

嗯， 这难， 因为当我与像你这样受过高等教育的人交谈时，考虑到你那庞大的书本知识积累，我觉得你可能像你一贯那样，过于理性化了这个问题。

So yeah, those are my three best tips to absorb books like a sponge, which is to teach them, to contextualize them into your own life, and to summarize the books onto paper or video.

所以， 我有三个最好的建议来像海绵一样吸收书本知识，那就是教给别人、将知识与自己的生活联系起来，以及把书本内容总结到纸张或频上。

Your peculiarities in chess-playing, the pronunciation papa noticed in your Latin, your odd mixture of book-knowledge with ignorance of ordinary social accomplishments, are accounted for in a moment.

你下象棋的特殊性， 爸爸注意到你的拉丁语发音， 你的书本知识与对普通社会成就的无知的奇怪混合， 快就会被解释清楚。

This is really funny because my first instinct is to describe myself, which seems crazy, but when you think about intelligence, book smarts, I hold my own.

这真的好笑， 因为我的第一反应是描述我自己，这看起来疯狂， 但当你想到智力和书本知识时，我自力更生。

On the other hand, the pioneers of Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, unlearned in books, saw with their own eyes the resources of the wilderness.

另一方， 肯塔基州、俄亥俄州和田纳西州的拓荒者虽然没有书本知识，却亲眼看到了荒野的资源。

So what he lacked in book smarts were obviously made up for with personal branding and good old fashioned sales ability.

所以在书本知识上的不足显然被个人品牌和传统的销售能力弥补了。

I'm not good at the books.

我不擅长书本知识。

Book learning is nothing to be proud of, and as for the achievements of science, what do they amount to?

书本知识并没有什么值得骄傲的，至于科学的成就又算得了什么？