https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1JT4y1J7hz?p=40
To be, or not to be, that is the Question
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing1 end them.
To die, to sleep, no more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to2: ‘tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.
To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub3,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil4,
give sb pause
also: give (someone) pause for thought
to make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sthto cause (someone) to stop and think about something carefully or to have doubts about something
I was going to ask her for help, but the look on her face gave me pause. [=made me hesitate]The latest economic news has given investors pause for thought.
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Must give us pause. There’s the respect that makes calamity of so long life,
生存,还是毁灭,那才是问题-
哪一种在心中更加高贵、是忍受
残暴命运投出的巨石和箭矢,
还是执戟对抗一海的苦难,
以斗争终结。死亡,不过是睡眠
而已;若是说我们一睡便终结
心痛、与一千种与生俱来的打击
那凡身的承继-那么这完满的终结
应当虔敬地愿求。死亡,睡眠-
睡眠,也许会做梦。对,这才是阻碍,
因为那死之长眠中何梦将至,
当我们从这尘世的纷乱中脱身,
必挫止我们。正是此顾虑
Footnotes
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oppose: to disagree strongly with sb’s plan, policy, etc. and try to change it or prevent it from succeeding ↩
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定语从句 ↩
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The rub is something that prevents success: She got good reviews for her original cooking, but the rub was that people wanted very traditional dishes. ↩
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TROUBLE also : everyday cares and worries ↩