Rube Goldberg

同根派生

We kept saying Rube Goldberg, but I found this English guy named W.
羅賓蓀的英國(guó)人（實(shí)際上）在汝比。郭德堡之前就描述過(guò)機(jī)器人了。
In our imaginations we started moving to a place that was much more Rube Goldberg.
機(jī)器人城是有生命的機(jī)器，在那裡所有的東西都是相互關(guān)連的。
Now the international system has come to depend on what looks more like a global Rube Goldberg machine running on hot money.
如今的國(guó)際（金融）躰系越來(lái)越依賴於以遊資運(yùn)作，看起來(lái)更像個(gè)全球範(fàn)圍內(nèi)的牛刀殺雞機(jī)制。
Like a Rube Goldberg invention, it builds upon existing parts, embracing all their gawkiness but gradually smoothing out operations with optimization over time.
就像小題大做的發(fā)明一樣，進(jìn)化是在已有物種的基礎(chǔ)上來(lái)完成其建造，期間包容物種的所有瑕疵，但是以最優(yōu)方式來(lái)完善其建造工藝。
But this archetypal figure, whose ranks receive nearly one in five patents issued by the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office, may sometimes be more Rube Goldberg than Thomas Edison.
但是若要從這個(gè)自美國(guó)專利及商標(biāo)侷手中取得將近1/5專利的族群中找個(gè)人儅代表，這個(gè)人恐怕比較接近狂想發(fā)明家戈德堡，而不是愛(ài)迪生。