These uses are doubtless incontestable, but they seem quite ridiculous alongside the overwhelming myth of the Tower, of the human meaning which it has assumed throughout the world.

• 对这些技术使用的不可质疑是无可争辩的，但在世界各地的人们赋予了埃菲尔铁塔的丰富想象和斑斓的意义下，这些冷冰冰的科学技术似乎又显得非常荒谬。