If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the nameless simplicity.

化而欲作，吾将镇之以无名之朴。

We're in Canterbury in this programme, around 4000 BC, where the supreme object of desire is a polished jade axe.

在本期节目中我们将前往公元前4000年左右的坎特伯雷, 这件最杰出的物品是一把经过抛光的玉斧。

In that society, as in virtually all others, pots quickly went beyond their functional purpose to become objects of desire and display.

在那个社会里，几乎像其他社会一样，陶器很快就超越了其最初的功能性价值，变成一种人类爱好与展示的物品。

For in this condition, of course, I know that the object of desire is always at its most flawlessly perfect.

因为在这种情况下，当然，我知道欲望的对象总是最完美的。

And my latest work is about how, for example, the female body consistently has been an object of desire, but objects a violation and violence.

我最近的工作是关于，例如，女性身体如何一直是欲望的对象，但却反对侵犯和暴力。

This durable character of fragile language puts a wide difference of worth between it and some of the other great objects of desire, — health, wealth, and beauty, for example.

脆弱语言的这种持久特性使它与其他一些伟大的欲望对象——例如健康、财富和美丽——在价值上存在很大差异。

Unemployment develops, that is to say, because people want the moon;— men cannot be employed when the object of desire (i.e. money) is something which cannot be produced and the demand for which cannot be readily choked off.

失业的发展，也就是说，因为人们想要月亮；——当欲望的对象（即金钱）是无法生产且需求不易被扼杀的东西时，人们就无法就业。