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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 258
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
No man, perhaps, could have been chosen for the position who had a less intimate knowledge of women. Bok had no sister, no women confidantes: he had lived with and for his mother. She was the only woman he really knew or who really knew him. His boyhood days had been too full of poverty and struggle to permit him to mingle with the opposite sex. And it is a curious fact that Edward Bok's instinctive attitude toward women was that of avoidance. He did not dislike women, but it could not be said that he liked them. They had never interested him. Of women, therefore, he knew little; of their needs less. Nor had he the slightest desire, even as an editor, to know them better, or to seek to understand them. Even at that age, he knew that, as a man, he could not, no matter what effort he might make, and he let it go at that.
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定位：Additional excerpt 258 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
也许没人比博克对女性了解更少：他没有姐妹，没有女性知己，只和母亲一起生活、为她而活。母亲是他真正认识、也真正了解他的唯一女性。少年时代充满贫穷和挣扎，没机会与异性交往。奇怪的是，他对女性的本能态度是回避：不是讨厌，也谈不上喜欢，她们从未让他感兴趣。因此他对女性知之甚少，对她们的需求知道更少；即便作为编辑，他也毫无兴趣去更了解或理解她们。他自知作为男人无论怎么努力也做不到，就随它去了。
上下文
博克在自传中坦承自己早年对女性几乎一无所知，却接手了女性杂志主编之位。
今日一问
面对自己明显不熟悉的领域，你会像博克一样坦然承认局限，还是硬装内行？
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