Huxley's idea that birds came from dinosaurs was the dominant idea for the rest of the 19th century.

赫胥黎关于鸟类来自恐龙的观点是 19 世纪剩余时间的主流观点。

I feel some compulsion to defend against the dominant idea that is attached to her songs: that they are terribly, poignantly sad.

我觉得有一种冲动，要为她歌曲中的主导思想辩护：它们是可怕的、凄美的悲伤。

As the 1980s dawned, not just the general public but scientists too were in thrall to the then dominant idea in both cinema and literature that life abounded beyond our planet.

随着20世纪80年代的到来，不仅仅是普通大众，科学家们也被当时在电影和文学中占主导地位的观点所束缚，即在我们的星球之外，生命也丰富多彩。

As if to illustrate an observation which applies equally to misers, ambitious men, and others whose lives are controlled by any dominant idea, his affections had fastened upon one special symbol of his passion.

仿佛是为了说明同样适用于守财奴、雄心勃勃的人和其他生活受任何主导思想控制的人的观察，他的感情紧紧抓住了他激情的一个特殊象征。

Now, the idea that maybe birds and dinosaurs are closely related to each other, but they're more like cousins and they share a common ancestors, then became the dominant idea for most of the 20th century.

现在，鸟类和恐龙可能彼此密切相关，但它们更像是堂兄弟，拥有共同祖先的想法成为 20 世纪大部分时间的主流想法。