1. For his cabinet, the dictator wanted
tractable men. Therefore, he appointed no one whom he could not control.
关于内阁,这个独裁者只要驯服的人。因此,他没有委任一个控制不了的人。
2. Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for 'tis a sign of a
tractable and commendable nature, and in all causes of passion permit reason to govern.
在交谈中切勿流露出怨恨和嫉妒,温和的言谈是值得赞许的善良天性的体现。要让理智驾驭所有的情感。
3. Most biologists now accept that the tree is not a fact of nature - it is something we impose on nature in an attempt to make the task of understanding it more
tractable.
现在大多数生物学家都同意,这棵树不是自然生长的——这是人类试图使理解大自然这件差事更易驾驭而强加给自然界的有价值的事物。