蚁冢

这个蚁冢堆得好极了，就是最大的风暴也破坏不了它。

The anthill is well built that even the heaviest storm will not destroy it .

最好是一个没有蚁冢的树篱。

Preferably one without an anthill .

有时文明就像是“一个被踩瘪的大蚁冢”，约翰·P·鲁宾逊和杰弗里·戈德比在《生活时间》一书中写道。

Sometimes civilization was " a big flat on the mound ," ant John P Robinson and Jeffrey gold in the life time than book wrote .

兔子窝里的蚁冢，混杂中东市集的异国情调，以及新奥尔良的巫毒魅力。

An anthill inside a rabbit warren , with all the exoticism of a Middle Eastern bazaar and a touch of New Orleans voodoo .

于是，从他们那海洋上的蚁冢中就不断地涌现出这些赤身裸体的南塔开特人，这些海洋的隐士，他们象那许多阿力山大王一样，把水族世界侵占与征服了，不断地瓜分了大西洋。

And thus have these naked Nantucketers , these sea hermits , issuing from their ant-hill in the sea , overrun and conquered the watery world like so many Alexanders ;

这样，蚁冢中的蚂蚁群可以自由行进，因为无须忌讳向左或向右的复杂规则。

Among other things , this means raiding parties can go any direction from the anthill , because nobody has to remember some complicated rule about turning left or turning right .

说我们本能地会那么做，并不代表，我们自然且贪婪地，忙于政治生活，就像蜘蛛结网，或蚂蚁筑蚁冢。

To say it 's natural for us to do so is not to say we engage in political life spontaneously and avidly , as you might say spiders spin webs or ants build anthills .