The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.

古人认为地球漂浮在水里。

Despite their reverence, the ancients were quick to recognize gold's practical qualities, particularly its malleability, which made it ideal for jewelry.

尽管受到尊敬，但古人很快就认识到黄金的实用性，尤其是它的延展性，这使它成为制作珠宝的理想材料。

Some scholars, therefore, argue that the continent must have been discovered and mapped by the ancients, whose maps are known to have served as models for the European cartographers.

因此，一些学者认为，欧洲大陆一定是由古人发现并绘制的，古人绘制的地图被认为是欧洲制图者的模型。

Your reading in the ancients is, sine dubio, of vast extent?

你读过很多古典书籍吗？

The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom, first ordered well their own States.

古代想要使天下人人都能发扬自己天赋的善良美德的人，必须先治理好自己的国家。

The ancients thought not.

古人不这样认为。

This logic was known to the ancients.

那种逻辑是古人早知道了的。

The ancients said: heart to heart.

古人常说：心有灵犀一点通。

The spiritual Wisdom of the Ancients.

这古人们的心灵智慧。

That's not what the ancients believed.

古代人并不这么认为。

This is the living environment of our ancients.

这就是我们的古人所生活的环境。

FOR centuries the ancients believed the Earth was flat.

古人认为地球是扁平的，那样过了几个世纪。

About this, I would rather learn from the ancients.

这个，其实啊我更想学一学古人。

Wisdom of the ancients always served civilisation well.

古人的智慧对文明总是大有裨益。

I'm writing it for modern people, not ancients or academics.

我的书是写给当代人看的，不是古人，也不是学者。

The ancients don't learn mathematics, don't logical ability?

古人不学高等数学，难道就没有逻辑能力吗？

In deference to the ancients, I called this the "Osiris Plan."?

为了表达对古人的敬意，我把这种方法命名为“奥西里斯计划”。

This corroborative, young Sir, was unknown to the ancients.

年轻的先生，这种强壮剂古人是不知道的。

The ancients exchanged sons, and one taught the son of another.

古者易子而教之。

The ancients believed that jade has the effect of preservation.

古代人们认为，玉可以起到防腐的作用。

The location of Pylos was an ancient mystery even to the ancients.

即使对古人来说，皮勒斯的位置也是一个古老的谜。

The ancients didn't know that they were the same heavenly body, they are in fact.

在古代人们并不知道它们事实上是相同的天体。

They did not look like any children I knew, but ancients in wild childrens bodies.

他们不像我认识的任何孩子，却像是裹在野孩儿身体里的古人。

Among the ancients there was one who acted on this principle, namely king Wu.

古之人有行之者，武王是也。

Among the ancients there was one who acted on this principle, namely king Wen.

古之人有行之者，文王是也。

Chinese ancients said, without knowing each other near and far, thousands of miles apart.

中国古人说，相知无远近，万里尚为邻。

The ancients also understood that trees can increase rainfall and deforestation can reduce it.

古人同样懂得，树木会增加降雨，而砍伐则会适得其反。