Because they know that God in heaven looks after us mortals and we never need to fear.

因为它们知道在天堂的上帝会看顾我们这些凡人，我们永远不需要害怕。

These epochal figures represented lives hard to imitate, but to be acknowledged as possessing higher authority than mere mortals.

这些划时代性人物所代表的人生是难以模仿的，但也被公认为比凡人具有更高的权威。

Such things are not for mere mortals like ourselves.

这种事不会落在我们这样的凡夫俗子身上。

She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!

她可以心算复杂的数字，而我们常人就需要计算器！

It would not be so hard, if he were like other mortals.

如果他和别人一样，事情就不会那么难了。

Few mortals could stick to that harsh regimen, especially for years on end.

很少有人能坚持这么苛刻的养生法，尤其是坚持这么多年。

To bear a gift for mortals, old or young.

持礼赠凡人，老与少无异。

Many lowlier mortals regard it as pretentious.

许多地位低等的凡人视其为惺惺作态。

To him they seemed only a company of merry mortals.

然而在他看来，它们不过是一群开心的凡人罢了。

All mortals are tired for the sake of tomorrow.

世人若被明日累，春来秋去老将至。

But for mere mortals, floppy form means wasted energy.

但对于普通人而言，散漫的跑姿就意味着能量的浪费。

It may come as a shock, then, that mere mortals have now made artificial life.

这也许会让人们为之震惊，然而，人类现在确实可以创造出生命。

God is thought to be an entity in which we mortals can turn to when in a time of need.

人们认为神是我们凡人在需要帮助时可以依靠的存在体。

I am not suggesting that mere mortals can stand in judgment of God or call him to account.

我的意思不是凡人就能评判上帝的过失或要求他作出解释。

What I think is most impressive about UNIX is that it is understandable to "mere mortals."

关于UNIX，我认为给人印象最深刻的是，它对“纯人类”是易于理解的。

For us common folk, blue may mirror the melancholy of mortals dwarfed by the infinite.

对于我们普通人来说，蓝色可以反映在大千世界里显得极其渺小的凡夫俗子的忧郁。

He might at any moment respond in the affirmative to his fellow mortals' calls to run.

如果他地上的同伴召唤他竞选，那么他在任何时刻都会有肯定的反应。

He is the giver of good luck and he taught mortals all arts, such as how to make roads and markets.

他是好运之神，教授人类一切技能，比如如何造路，如何创建市场。

Keeping in mind for whom it was designed, expect the price tag to be out of reach for mere mortals.

不要忘记该款车是为谁设计的，它的价格不是一般人能企及的。

To mere mortals, a graphic metaphor, a compelling anecdote, or a striking fact is worth a thousand articles in Econometrica.

对于凡人来说，一个形象的比喻，一个令人瞩目的趣闻，或者一个惊人的事实比econometrica里上千篇文章都要好。

"You have to think of hills within the context of the whole run," says Jenny Hadfield, coauthor of Marathoning for Mortals.

“你得将山坡纳入到你整个跑步计划中来，”Jenny Hadfield说，她是《人类马拉松》一书的合著者。

Memory marvels: Mind like a sieve? Don't worry. The difference between mere mortals and memory champs is more method than mental capacity.

记忆奇迹：记忆就像一把漏勺？别担心，渺小的人类和记忆术相比差别只在于方法和生理能力。

Now technology can help mere mortals breathe underwater like Aquaman, repel bullets like Superman, and even manipulate the weather like Storm.

现在，技术能够帮助更多的凡人像潜水侠（注：漫画人物）一样在水下呼吸、像超人一样阻挡子弹，甚至像风暴一样操控天气变化。

The book's title comes from the Greek myth of Prometheus who, as one of the immortals, stole fire from the gods and gave it to earthly mortals.

本书的名字源自于希腊神话普罗米修斯，他作为一个神，从宙斯那里偷来火并给了世间的人类。