We can, in short, see why nature is prodigal in variety, though niggard in innovation.

简而言之，我们可以看到为什么大多样性方面挥霍无度， 但创新方面却吝啬。

The apple trees were in full bloom, and, as I stood gazing, the sun, which had all that day been niggard of its beams, burst forth gloriously.

苹果树盛开， 当我站那里凝视时， 一整天都被吝啬了光芒的太阳， 灿烂地绽了出来。

We meet with this admission in the writings of almost every experienced naturalist; or, as Milne Edwards has well expressed it, " Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation" .

我们几乎每一位有经验的博物学家的著作中都会看到这种承认；或者，正如米尔恩·爱德华兹 (Milne Edwards) 所表达的那样， “大多样性方面挥霍无度， 但创新方面却吝啬” 。

" Rats and ruins. It is a niggard's gift that costs the giver nothing. Your own man Yarwyck says it will be half a year before the castle can be made fit for habitation" .

" 一个老鼠聚居的废墟，给得冠冕堂皇，实际毫无价值。你的手下亚赛尔亲口承认，至少得要半年，那里才能辟出空间来住人。"